| 月曜(日) | getsuyou(bi) | Monday (moon day) |
| 火曜(日) | kayou(bi) | Tuesday (fire day) |
| 水曜(日) | suiyou(bi) | Wednesday (water day) |
| 木曜(日) | mokuyou(bi) | Thursday (wood day) |
| 金曜(日) | kinyou(bi) | Friday (metal day) (the first kanji can refer to metal, as one of the five elements, or gold) |
| 土曜(日) | doyou(bi) | Saturday (earth day) (the first kanji can refer to earth, as one of the elements, or soil) |
| 日曜(日) | nichiyou(bi) | Sunday (sun day) |
| 月水金 | gessuikin | Monday and Wednesday and Friday |
| 火木 | kamoku | Tuesday and Thursday |
| 土日 | donichi | Saturday and Sunday (the weekend) |
Bolded items are irregular (in pronunciation/meaning).
| 一日 | tuitachi, ichinichi | 1st day of the month ("tuitachi" only), 1 day ("ichinichi" only) |
| 二日 | futsuka | 2nd day of the month, 2 days |
| 三日 | mikka | 3rd day of the month, 3 days |
| 四日 | yokka | 4th day of the month, 4 days |
| 五日 | itsuka | 5th day of the month, 5 days (do not confuse with "いつか"/"itsuka"/"someday" -- they are homophones, so use context) |
| 六日 | muika | 6th day of the month, 6 days |
| 七日 | nanoka | 7th day of the month, 7 days |
| 八日 | youka | 8th day of the month, 8 days |
| 九日 | kokonoka | 9th day of the month, 9 days |
| 十日 | tooka | 10th day of the month, 10 days |
| 十一日 | juu-ichi-nichi | 11th day of the month, 11 days |
| 十二日 | juu-ni-nichi | 12th day of the month, 12 days |
| 十三日 | juu-san-nichi | 13th day of the month, 13 days |
| 十四日 | juu-yokka | 14th day of the month, 14 days |
| 十五日 | juu-go-nichi | 15th day of the month, 15 days |
| 十六日 | juu-roku-nichi | 16th day of the month, 16 days |
| 十七日 | juu-shichi-nichi | 17th day of the month, 17 days |
| 十八日 | juu-hachi-nichi | 18th day of the month, 18 days |
| 十九日 | juu-ku-nichi | 19th day of the month, 19 days |
| 二十日 | hatsuka | 20th day of the month, 20 days |
| 二十一日 | ni-juu-ichi-nichi | 21st day of the month, 21 days |
| 二十二日 | ni-juu-ni-nichi | 22nd day of the month, 22 days |
| 二十三日 | ni-juu-san-nichi | 23rd day of the month, 23 days |
| 二十四日 | ni-juu-yokka | 24th day of the month, 24 days |
| 二十五日 | ni-juu-go-nichi | 25th day of the month, 25 days |
| 二十六日 | ni-juu-roku-nichi | 26th day of the month, 26 days |
| 二十七日 | ni-juu-shichi-nichi | 27th day of the month, 27 days |
| 二十八日 | ni-juu-hachi-nichi | 28th day of the month, 28 days |
| 二十九日 | ni-juu-ku-nichi | 29th day of the month, 29 days |
| 三十日 | san-juu-nichi | 30th day of the month, 30 days |
| 三十一日 | san-juu-ichi-nichi | 31st day of the month, 31 days |
| 時 | ji | (hour, i.e. "o'clock") (1-5) ichiji, niji, sanji, yoji, goji (6-10) rokuji, shichiji/nanaji, hachiji, kuji, juuji |
| 分 | fun | (minutes past the hour, or duration of time in minutes) (1-5) ippun, nifun, sanpun, yonpun, gofun (6-10) roppun, nanafun/shichifun, happun/hachifun, kyuufun, juppun/jippun |
| 時間 | jikan | (duration of time in hours; literally: "ji" means "hour" and "kan" means "space" in the sense of a space between two (time) points) (same as "ji", but append "kan") |
| ぐらい | gurai | approximate (duration of time) (usually implies that the duration is not longer than stated, i.e. "up to") |
| ごろ | goro | approximate (point in time) |
| 今 | ima | now |
| 後 | ato | after, remaining |
| 時計 | tokei | watch, clock, timepiece |
| 授業 | jugyou | class, lesson |
| 宿題 | shukudai | homework |
| 休み | yasumi | break/vacation ("yasumi" is the stem of "yasumu" which means "rest"/"relax") |
| 楽 | raku | relaxing |
| だめ | dame | bad |
| 名古屋 | nagoya | Nagoya |
| 京都 | kyouto | Kyoto |
| 止まる | tomaru | come to a halt, stop over |
| 帰る | kaeru | return home |
| 休む | yasumu | rest/relax |