How to say “last month” in Japanese | 先月 (せんげつ、sengetsu)

02.01.2023

The Japanese vocabulary「先月 (せんげつ、sengetsu)」means “last month.” Please learn the pronunciation and the example sentences.

Japanese Vocabulary and the Meaning

Key Word先月
Hiraganaせんげつ
Romaji Readingsengetsu
English Meaninglast month

The Correct Japanese Pronunciations

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The Example Japanese Sentences

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Japanese Sentence先月せんげつ、あのレストランが閉店へいてんした。
Romaji ReadingSengetsu, ano resutoran ga heiten shita.
English MeaningThat restaurant went out of business last month. (Plain Form)
Japanese Sentence先月、あのレストランが閉店しました。
Romaji ReadingSengetsu, ano resutoran ga heiten shimashita.
English MeaningThat restaurant went out of business last month. (Polite Form)
Japanese Sentence娘むすめが結婚式けっこんしきを挙あげたのは、先月せんげつのことだ。
Romaji ReadingMusume ga kekkonshiki o ageta no wa, sengetsu no koto da.
English MeaningIt was last month that my daughter held her wedding. (Plain Form)

The literal translation is “The thing that my daughter’s wedding was last month.”

Japanese Sentence娘が結婚式を挙げたのは、先月のことです。
Romaji ReadingMusume ga kekkonshiki o ageta no wa, sengetsu no koto desu.
English MeaningIt was last month that my daughter held her wedding. (Polite Form)
Japanese Sentence先月せんげつは出張しゅっちょうで岩いわ手て県けんにいた。
Romaji ReadingSengetsu wa shucchō de Iwate ken ni ita.
English MeaningI was in Iwate Prefecture on a business trip last month. (Plain Form)
Japanese Sentence先月は出張で岩手県にいました。
Romaji ReadingSengetsu wa shucchō de Iwate ken ni imashita.
English MeaningI was in Iwate Prefecture on a business trip last month. (Polite Form)
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