Irregular readings for dates, times, weekdays and durations. Amber marks an irregular reading; tap to hear it.
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Days 1-10 and 14, 20, and 24 have special readings; the rest use number + にち. As a duration, 一日 is read いちにち.
4月, 7月, and 9月 have irregular readings (し, しち, く — not よん, なな, きゅう).
4時, 7時, and 9時 have irregular readings (よ, しち, く).
The reading switches between ぷん (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) and ふん (2, 5, 7, 9), so watch for the small っ and the ぱ sound.
Count days with the native Japanese reading of the date plus 間. "One day" is usually 一日（いちにち）, while 一日間 emphasizes the duration.
1 and 8 take a sokuon: いっしゅうかん, はっしゅうかん.
1, 6, and 10 have a sokuon (いっ, ろっ, じゅっ), and 8 can also be read はちかげつ.
4 is read よねん; 7 is read ななねん or しちねん.
Pronunciation on this page is AI-synthesized speech (Azure TTS), not a human recording.
