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 7795 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

four

四十

よそ

forty

四つ

よつ

burakumin

四千

しせん

four thousand

四本

しほん

four (long cylindrical things)

四人

よたり

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

四六時中

しろくじちゅう

around the clock

四国

しこく

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

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.