Word Meaning 四月

しがつ shigatsu

四月 is read as しがつ (shigatsu) and means April.

Meaning

English

  1. April
  2. fourth month in the lunar calendar

Reading

Kana

しがつ

Romaji

shigatsu

Writing Variants

  • 4月 しがつ shigatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 7536 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四月馬鹿

しがつばか

April fool

four

よん

four

四十

よんじゅう

forty

四つ

よっつ

burakumin

四千

よんせん

four thousand

四本

よんほん

four (long cylindrical things)

四人

よにん

four people

四日

よっか

4th day of the month

四川

しせん

Sichuan (China)

四百

よんひゃく

400

四十九日

しじゅうくにち

forty-ninth day after a person's death

Example Sentences

10

しがつはしんがっきのはじまりです。

April is the start of the new school term.

April Fool's!

It's April first.

School begins in April.

It's snowing in April.

The new term starts in April.

I'll start college in April.

School begins in April.

April is the fourth month of the year.

The new school year begins in April in Japan.