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1.
Please write down your date of birth here.
My friends and I were making plans to go to an onsen (a hot No, donichi is not a special day. I think foreigners probably ここに          を 書いて下さい。
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spring) together. One of them asked me, "donichi isogashi say, getsu-yo- bi to sui-yo- bi (Monday and Wednesday) in koko ni
the date of birth
o kaite-kudasai
desu ka?" (Are you busy on donichi?) I didn't know what Japanese. But Japanese people prefer to use a shorter term in here please write
donichi meant, but I didn't want to embarrass myself, so I their daily conversations, such as ges-sui, which is the
2.
Computer technology is making rapid progress.
Design : Masako Ban

told her that I would be busy. Another friend told us that combination of getsu-yo-bi and sui-yo-bi. Another example is ka-- コンピューター の 世界 は           です ね。
donichi was better for her, but we finally decided to go to kin, the combination of ka-yo-bi (Tuesday) and kin-yo-bi (Friday). computer no sekai wa
rapid progress
desu ne
the onsen on a weekday. I preferred the weekend to a I think you ' ve got the point by now. Yes! donichi is the world
weekday. Why did they choose the weekday? Is donichi a combination of do-yo-bi (Saturday) and nichi-yo-bi (Sunday). Let
me show you the days of the week with kanji. 3.I changed my mind at the last minute.
special day?
last minute
で 気 が変わりました。
Sho-ke- moji (pictographic characters): Sho-ke- moji originated with de ki ga kawarimashita
an image of the object / objects (in some cases, concepts) and shows Let
'spr
act
ice! How to pronounce the days of the week: change one's mind
highly pictographic features. getsu, ge (Monday), ka- (Tuesday), sui (Wednesday), moku (Thursday),
kin (Friday), do-, do (Saturday), nichi (Sunday) 4.It is dangerous if you can't see the forest for the trees.
Even if you cannot write the kanji, try to memorize the shapes, so (tips: The words ka- and do- should be prounounced with a long vowel.) unable to see the は 危険 です。
you can recognize the corresponding characters. forest for the trees wa kiken desu
1. Wednesday and Sunday 5. Sunday and Monday dangerous
日 日曜日 2. Friday and Saturday 6. Thursday and Saturday
sun,day にち
Sunday
にち よう び
3. Monday and Tuesday 7. Monday and Wednesday 5.I forgive you and forget what you did to me in the past.
4. Tuesday and Friday 8. Monday and Thursday
nichi-yo-bi もう 過去 の 事 to forgive and forget
だから            。
nichi
Sunday originated with sun and day.
Answers mo- kako no koto dakara (masu-form)
1.
sui-nichi
2. - 3. - - 4. 5.
nich-getsu
- 6.
ges-sui
8. 7.
getsu-moku
already past matter because
kin-do getsu(gek)-ka ka -kin moku-do

月 月曜日 Kanj
i 6.Their quarrel is an everyday occurrence.
moon Monday げつ よう び あの 人達 の    口喧嘩 は        everyday です。
げつ
getsu getsu-yo-bi 日 月 ano hito-tachi no kuchigenka waoccurrence desu
that person quarrel
Monday originated with moon. A) B) C) D)
everyday occurrences / a quitter the date of birth rapid progress /
daily happenings (a person who cannot constant advancement 7.My husband and I are getting along well, even though our
火 火曜日 finish what he starts) personalities are like oil and water.
f
ire か Tuesday か よう び 日常茶飯事 生年月日
三日坊主 日進月歩 私達 夫婦 は           ですけど、
ka ka-yo-bi にちじょうさはん じ みっ か ぼうず せいねん がっぴ にっしん げっぽ watashi-tachi fu- fu wa
like oil and water
desu-kedo
Tuesday originated with fire. nichi jo- sa han ji mik ka bo- zu se- nen gap pi nis shin gep po we husband and wife but
(day)(always)(tea)(meal) (three days) (boy) (birth)(year)(month)(day) (day)(advanced)(month)(step) 仲 が 良い です。
-i desu.
水 水曜日 naka ga
relationship good
wat
er,l
iqui
d Wednesday
すい すい よう び
火 水
sui sui-yo-bi 8.(talking to a friend who has money problems)
E) F) G) Don't be so sad! Money comes and goes, you know!
Wednesday originated with water and liquid.
There' s no smoke without fire. like oil and water to forgive and forget
(being incompatible (to wipe the slate) そんなに 大きな ため息 を つかないで。           Money comes and ですよ！
木 木曜日 with each other) sonnani o-kina tameiki o tsuka-naidegoes, you know desu yo
t
ree,wood もく Thursday もく よう び 火 の ない 所 に 煙り は 立たない 水 と 油 水 に 流 す like that big sigh don't

moku-yo-bi
ひ   ところ  けむ  た みず  あぶら みず    なが
moku 9.I believe it is true, because there's no smoke without fire.
Thursday originated with trees, plants and wood.
hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai mizu to abura mizu ni nagasu
(fire) (without) (place) (smoke) (water)(and)(oil) (water) (flush) there' no smoke と 言います から 本当 でしょう。
without fire to -i masu kara honto- desho-
金 金曜日 say so true I'm sure
gol
d,money Friday きん よう び
木 金 土
きん 10.I knew he couldn't keep it up. He always quits.
kin kin-yo-bi H) I) J) やっぱり 続かない … いつも  quitter   なんだから。
being unable to see the forest Money comes and goes. / at the last minute /
Friday originated with gold, money and metal. for the trees Easy come, easy go. yappari tsuzukanai ... itsumo nan- dakara
at the critical moment
as I expected not continue always because
土 土曜日 木 を 見 て 森 を 見ず 金 は 天下 の 回り物 土壇場
Saturday
soi
l,l
and ど ど よう び き   み   もり かね   てんか   まわ もの ど たん ば Answers
do do-yo-bi ki o mite mori o mizu kane wa tenka no mawarimono do tan ba
1.C) D)
2. J)
3. 4.
H) G)
5. A)6. F)7. I) 8. E) 9. B) 10.

Saturday originated with soil, land and ground. (tree) (look at) (forest) (not see) (money) (the world)(round)(things) (soil)(platform)(place)
With cooperation from Yasuhiro Koga