How to Say ‘May 3rd’ in Japanese
五月三日
go gatsu mitsu ka
[goh gah-tsu san kah]
💬 Usage Tip: Japanese dates usually go big to small: month, then day. So [五月三日] is literally "May, 3rd day."
🇯🇵 In Japan: [五月三日] is Constitution Memorial Day, part of Golden Week in Japan.
Phrase Breakdown
五月
go gatsu
May
The fifth month of the year. In Japanese date reading, 月 is read つき in other contexts, but here it is がつ.
ごがつはあたたかいです。
May is warm.
Words in this phrase
五
go
[goh]
five
五 means five and is used in numbers, dates, and counting.
五にんいます。
There are five people.
月
gatsu
[gah-tsu]
month; moon
月 means month in dates and calendar words, and it can also mean moon.
月をみます。
I look at the moon.
三日
mitsu ka
the 3rd day; the 3rd
When used in dates, 三日 means “the third day of the month,” read みっか in standard Japanese.
たんじょうびはみっかです。
The birthday is on the 3rd.
Words in this phrase
三
mitsu
[san]
three
三 means three and appears in numbers, dates, and counting expressions.
三さつあります。
There are three books.
日
ka
[kah]
day; date counter
日 means day or sun, and in dates it helps express the day of the month.
日がのぼります。
The sun rises.
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