[Japanese learning] The best way to remember dates in Japanese
I think the most important point is that you don't need to remember all 30 at once.
- 一日(ついたち)
- 二日(ふつか)
- 三日(みっか)
- 四日(よっか)
- 五日(いつか)
- 六日(むいか)
- 七日(なのか)
- 八日(ようか)
- 九日(ここのか)
- 十日(とおか)
For the top 10, you need to spend 80% of the time.
- 十一日(じゅういちにち)
- 十二日(じゅうににち)
- 十三日(じゅうさんにち)
- 十四日(じゅうよっか)
- 十五日(じゅうごにち)
- 十六日(じゅうろくにち)
- 十七日(じゅうしちにち)
- 十八日(じゅうはちにち)
- 十九日(じゅうくにち)
- 二十日(はつか)
In the middle 10, you need to pay attention to "十四日", "十七日" and "二十日".
- 二十一日(にじゅういちにち)
- 二十二日(にじゅうににち)
- 二十三日(にじゅうさんにち)
- 二十四日(にじゅうよっか)
- 二十五日(にじゅうごにち)
- 二十六日(にじゅうろくにち)
- 二十七日(にじゅうななにち)
- 二十八日(にじゅうはちにち)
- 二十九日(にじゅうくにち)
- 三十日(さんじゅうにち)
- 三十一日(さんじゅういちにち)
The last 10, you need to pay attention to "二十四日", "二十七日" and "三十日".
- 何日(なんにち)
I didn't tell you directly how to remember because I think it doesn't matter what way to remember.
You can remember the first 10 words through association, which will take more than 80% of the time to remember.
The proportion of time spent is very important, that is, the top 10 needs to be remembered to be very familiar.
why?
My personal explanation is that these 10 are the most primitive Japanese, and I have seen many manga plots in this way of counting.
I mean, you must be very familiar with the first 10 words because they are very important.
These words go deep into the Japanese bones. To put it simply, maybe they say a joke with a homophonic date but you don't understand it. So you can't laugh together.
I know this is not really easy for you, but if you remember these, your Japanese learning will be smoother afterwards.