七日(なのか)

なのか
noun
seven days, seventh day
1. seven days
A period of seven days.
七日(なのか)かかりました。
It took seven days.
七日(なのか)間(かん)の休暇(きゅうか)です。
It's a seven-day vacation.
あと七日(なのか)で終(お)わる。
It will be finished in seven days.
七日(なのか)も待(ま)った。
I waited for seven days.
七日(なのか)ぶりに会(あ)った。
We met for the first time in seven days.
2. seventh day of the month
The seventh day of any month.
七月(しちがつ)七日(なのか)は七夕(たなばた)です。
July 7th is Tanabata (Star Festival).
七日(なのか)に届(とど)きます。
It will arrive on the 7th.
来月(らいげつ)七日(なのか)に会(あ)おう。
Let's meet on the 7th of next month.
七日(なのか)までに提出(ていしゅつ)してください。
Please submit it by the 7th.
七日(なのか)は予定(よてい)がある。
I have plans on the 7th.

七日(なのか) uses the native Japanese (wago) counting system. It means both "seven days" (a duration) and "the seventh day of the month" (a date).

DAYS OF THE MONTH (1-10):

  • 一日(ついたち) (1st)
  • 二日(ふつか) (2nd)
  • 三日(みっか) (3rd)
  • 四日(よっか) (4th)
  • 五日(いつか) (5th)
  • 六日(むいか) (6th)
  • 七日(なのか) (7th)
  • 八日(ようか) (8th)
  • 九日(ここのか) (9th)
  • 十日(とおか) (10th)

Note: From the 11th onward, Sino-Japanese numbers are used: 十一日(じゅういちにち), 十二日(じゅうににち), etc. Only the 14th (十四日(じゅうよっか)), 20th (二十日(はつか)), and 24th (二十四日(にじゅうよっか)) retain special readings.

CULTURAL NOTE:
七月(しちがつ)七日(なのか) is 七夕(たなばた) (Star Festival), celebrating the annual meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi.

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Added 2026.1.11 18:50 · Revised 2026.3.27 23:29
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