How to Say ‘3rd day; the 3rd’ in Japanese
三日
mitsu ka
[san kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [三日] is an irregular date reading, so it is worth memorizing as a set. Not all day numbers are perfectly regular.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japanese dates can be tricky at first, but mastering the common irregular ones makes real-life conversation much easier.
Phrase Breakdown
三
mitsu
[san]
three
三 means three and appears in numbers, dates, and counting expressions.
三つください。
Please give me three.
日
ka
[kah]
day; date counter
日 means day or sun, and in dates it helps express the day of the month.
三日はやすみです。
The third day is a holiday.
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