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Military Japanese
Lesson XI
1. Memorize the following:
| ue | on; top |
| shita | under; below |
| naka | inside |
| ushiro | back; behind |
| soba | beside; vicinity |
| mizu | water |
| machimasu (matsu) | wait |
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| kochira | this place; this way; this side |
| sochira | that place; that way; that side |
| achira | that place; that way; that side |
2. The months are enumerated in two ways: (1) the Japanese way of counting numerals plus the word for month (tsuki) and (2) the Chinese way of counting numerals plus (ka-gettsu). However, from eleven months on, only the Chinese way is used.
| Japanese | Chinese | |
| hitotsuki | ikkagetsu | one month |
| futatsuki | nikagetsu | two months |
| mitsuki | sankagetsu | three months |
| yotsuki | shikagetsu | four months |
| itsutsuki | gokagetsu | five months |
| mutsuki | rokkagetsu | six months |
| nanatsuki | shichikagetsu | seven months |
| yatsuki | hakkagetsu | eight months |
| kokonotsuki | kukagetsu | nine months |
| totsuki | jikkagetsu | ten months |
| jūikkagetsu | eleven months | |
| jūnikagetsu | twelve months |
3. Memorize the following:
| ima | now; at present |
| kyō | today |
| kinō | yesterday |
| ototoi | day before yesterday |
| asu; ashita | tomorrow |
| asatte | day after tomorrow |
