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Nihon-shiki romanization (recommended)
watasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita Hepburn romanization
watashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

Dates are written by placing the day counter 日にち after the day of the month you would like to specify. Unfortunately, the day counter has by far the most irregularities of any counter. The 1st to the 10th, the 14th, the 17th, the 20th, the 24th and the 27th are all irregular.

For regular dates, the date is simply the number followed by the day counter 日にち. For example, the 15th is 十じゅう五ご日にち and the 31st is 三さん十じゅう一いち日にち.

Note that the Xth day and X days are said in the same way in Japanese for all numbers other than one.

Date	Reading
day one	一つい日たち tuitati
one day	一いち日にち itiniti
day two; two days	二ふつ日か hutuka
day three; three days	三みっ日か mikka
day four; four days	四よっ日か yokka
day five; five days	五いつ日か ituka
day six; six days	六むい日か muika
day seven; seven days	七なの日か nanoka
day eight; eight days	八よう日か youka
day nine; nine days	九ここの日か kokonoka
day ten; ten days	十とお日か tooka
day fourteen; fourteen days	十じゅう四よっ日か zyuuyokka
day fifteen; fifteen days	十じゅう五ご日にち zyuugoniti
day seventeen; seventeen days	十じゅう七しち日にち zyuusitiniti
day twenty; twenty days	二は十つ日か hatuka
day twenty-four; twenty-four days	二に十じゅう四よっ日か nizyuuyokka
day thirty-one; thirty-one days	三さん十じゅう一いち日にち sanzyuuitiniti

The counter 年ねん can be used for counting years. Counting years is completely regular except when 年ねん is preceded by 四, in which case 四 is pronounced as よ. Below you can see the 年ねん counter used in an example sentence.

(I) was born on March 21, 1984. 一いっ千せん九きゅう百ひゃく八はち十じゅう四よ年ねん三さん月がつ二に十じゅう一いち日にちに生うまれました。
issen kyuuhyaku hatizyuu yonen sangatu nizyuu itiniti ni umaremasita.

Question	Answer
day counter	〜日にち niti
day one	一つい日たち tuitati
every month	毎まい月つき maituki
telephone	電でん話わ denwa
to call, to telephone	電でん話わする denwasuru
I call my parents on the first of every month.	毎まい月つき一つい日たちに両りょう親しんに電でん話わします。 maituki tuitati ni ryousin ni denwasimasu.
one day	一いち日にち itiniti
day two; two days	二ふつ日か hutuka
day three; three days	三みっ日か mikka
day four; four days	四よっ日か yokka
day five; five days	五いつ日か ituka
day six; six days	六むい日か muika
day seven; seven days	七なの日か nanoka
day eight; eight days	八よう日か youka
day nine; nine days	九ここの日か kokonoka
day ten; ten days	十とお日か tooka
day twelve; twelve days	十じゅう一に日にち zyuuniniti
day fourteen; fourteen days	十じゅう四よっ日か zyuuyokka
day fifteen; fifteen days	十じゅう五ご日にち zyuugoniti
day seventeen; seventeen days	十じゅう七しち日にち zyuusitiniti
day twenty; twenty days	二は十つ日か hatuka
day twenty-four; twenty-four days	二に十じゅう四よっ日か nizyuuyokka
day twenty-seven; twenty-seven days	二に十じゅう七しち日にち nizyuusitiniti
birthday	(お)誕たん生じょう日び otanzyoubi
When is your birthday?	お誕たん生じょう日びはいつですか。 otanzyoubi ha itu desu ka.
My birthday is March 28th.	私わたしの誕たん生じょう日びは三さん月がつ二に十じゅう八はち日にちです。 watasi no tanzyoubi ha sangatu nizyuuhatiniti desu.
day thirty; thirty days	三さん十じゅう日にち sanzyuuniti
day thirty-one; thirty-one days	三さん十じゅう一いち日にち sanzyuuitiniti
what day (of the month); how many days	何なん日にち nanniti
What day (of the month) is it today?	今日きょうは何なん日にちですか？ kyou ha nanniti desu ka?
year counter	年ねん nen
(I) was born on March 21, 1984.	一いっ千せん九きゅう百ひゃく八はち十じゅう四よ年ねん三さん月がつ二に十じゅう一いち日にちに生うまれました。 issen kyuuhyaku hatizyuu yonen sangatu nizyuu itiniti ni umaremasita.
what year	何なん年ねん nannen
What year is it this year?	今こ年としは何なん年ねんですか。 kotosi ha nannen desu ka.
Is today July 4th or 5th?	今きょ日うは七しち月がつ四よっ日かですか、五いつ日かですか。 kyou ha sitigatu yokka desu ka, ituka desu ka.

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