部
Components

Grammar detail: the character ヶ

the character ヶ
Tweet
85 words
My current mastery of this grammar point:
LOG IN to view grammar mastery data
You will notice that when expressing a period of months 'one month', 'two months', etc a mini ケ comes before the kanji for month. Although this symbol is actually a small katakana 'ke', the reading when used in this context is 'ka'.
一ヶ月いっかげつ
二ヶ月にかげつ
三ヶ月さんかげつ
四ヶ月よんかげつ
五ヶ月ごかげつ
六ヶ月ろくかげつ
七ヶ月ななかげつ
八ヶ月はちかげつ
九ヶ月くかげつ
For example:
にほん
日本
に
よんかげつ
四ヶ月
すんでいました。
I lived in Japan for four months.
カナダに
き
来
てからもう
ななかげつ
七ヶ月
た
経
ちます。
Seven months have already passed since I came to Canada.
この
しごと
仕事
はやく
ごかげつ
五ヶ月
かかるでしょう。
This job will probably take about five months.
FIND MORE EXAMPLES
LOG IN to view flashcard data
See also:

Kanji used in this grammar

一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
三
サン   み    みっつ three   
四
シ   four   よ    よつ    よっつ    よん    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
八
ハチ   や    やつ    よう eight   
九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
経
ケイ   キョウ   へる to elapse   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
Problem with this grammar? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
×