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THE NUMERAL.
sho-gwatsu, ni-gwatsu, san-gwatsu, shi-gwatsu, go-gwatsu, roku-gwatsu,
January February March April May June
shichi-gwatsu, hachi-gwatsu, ku-gwatsu, jii-gwatsu, ju-ichi-gwatsu, jii-ni-gwatsu,
July
August September October November December
1T 170. The counting of the days of the month is a medley of native Japanese and imported Chinese par- lance. We give the former in ordinary, the latter in italic type :
ichi-nichi,}.he ist of the ._ (the i6th of
tsuitachi, /month. ' (the month.
ju-shichi-nichi, the ijth jil-hachi-nichi, ,, i8th ju-ku-nichi, igth
hatsuka, ,, 2oth
ni-jil-ichi-nichi, ,, 2ist ni-ju-ni-nichi, ,, 22nd ni-jil-san-nichi, ,, ni-ju-yokka, ,,
ni-ju- go -niclii, ,, ni-jii-roku-nichi, ,, ni-jH-shlchi-nichi, ,, ni -jii-hach i-nichi , , , ni-jii-ku-nichi, ,, san-jii-nichi) ,,
san-jil-ichi-nichi, the 315^
misoka, the last day of the month, whether the 30^ or the
futsuka, the
2nd
mikka, ,,
yd
yokka, ,,
^th
itsuka, ,,
5th
muika, ,,
6th
nanoka, ,,
7 th
yoka, ,,
8th
kokonoka, ,,
gth
toka,
loth
jil-ichi-nichi, ,,
nth
jii-ni-nichi, ,,
i2th
jil-san-nichi, ,,
i$th
J^-yokka, ,,
i^-th
jil-go-nichi, ,,
1 5th
24th 25th 26th 2jth 28th 2gth
