Counters › ヶ月
ヶ月 (kagetsu) — counting months (duration)
How many months something lasts. For calendar months (January, February) you use 月 (がつ) instead.
How to count with ヶ月, 1 to 10
| # | Reading | Romaji | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっかげつ | ikkagetsu | 1ヶ月 |
| 2 | にかげつ | nikagetsu | 2ヶ月 |
| 3 | さんかげつ | sankagetsu | 3ヶ月 |
| 4 | よんかげつ | yonkagetsu | 4ヶ月 |
| 5 | ごかげつ | gokagetsu | 5ヶ月 |
| 6 | ろっかげつ | rokkagetsu | 6ヶ月 |
| 7 | ななかげつ | nanakagetsu | 7ヶ月 |
| 8 | はっかげつ | hakkagetsu | 8ヶ月 |
| 9 | きゅうかげつ | kyuukagetsu | 9ヶ月 |
| 10 | じゅっかげつ | jukkagetsu | 10ヶ月 |
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Watch out
Written ヶ月, か月 or カ月 — all read かげつ. The ヶ is not a katakana ケ but a shrunken 箇.
In a sentence
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 六ヶ月勉強しました | ろっかげつべんきょうしました rokkagetsubenkyoushimashita | I studied for six months. |
| 一ヶ月後に会います | いっかげつごにあいます ikkagetsugoniaimasu | We meet in one month. |
The kanji
Other counters
- つ (tsu) — the all-purpose counter
- 人 (nin) — people
- 本 (hon) — long, thin things
- 枚 (mai) — flat, thin things
- 個 (ko) — small, roundish objects
- 匹 (hiki) — small animals
- 頭 (tou) — large animals
- 冊 (satsu) — books and bound volumes
- 台 (dai) — machines and vehicles
- 杯 (hai) — cupfuls and glassfuls
- 階 (kai) — floors of a building
- 回 (kai) — times / occurrences
- 歳 (sai) — age in years
- 軒 (ken) — houses and shops
- 足 (soku) — pairs of footwear
- 着 (chaku) — suits and outfits
- 通 (tsuu) — letters and documents
- 名 (mei) — people (formal)
- 番 (ban) — order and rank
- 分 (fun) — minutes
- 時 (ji) — o'clock
- 年 (nen) — years
- 週間 (shuukan) — weeks
- 泊 (haku) — nights of a stay
- 日 (nichi) — days and dates