Fundametals of Japanese Communications

Kirolosse GIRGIS

November 1, 2017
 Homework No. 4

It was asked from us to find the following Kanji words on the street and take pictures.

Kanji Word Pronunciation English Translation Picture

getsuyobi MONDAY
tsuki MOON / MONTH

kayobi TUESDAY
ka FIRE

suiyobi WEDNESDAY
mizu WATER

mokuyobi THURSDAY
ki TREE

kinyobi FRIDAY
kin MONEY / GOLD

doyobi SATURDAY
tsuchi SOIL / EARTH

nichiyobi SUNDAY
hi , ni , nichi SUN
 Historical Note on Days Nomenclature

The figure above, shows an Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as
Roman gods: Diana (goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature) as the Moon for Monday, Mars (the god of war)
for Tuesday, Mercury (god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence (and thus poetry), messages/communication) for
Wednesday, Jupiter (god of the sky and thunder and king of the gods) for Thursday, Venus ( goddess of love, beauty,
desire and prosperity) for Friday, Saturn (god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth and agriculture) for
Saturday, and Apollo (god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light) as the Sun for Sunday. (Middle
19th century, Walters Art Museum, Wikipedia)