月げつ火か水すい木もく金きん

Similar words

• 平へい日じつ

  平日 is the standard word for 'weekday' and is more common in everyday speech. 月火水木金 is a more explicit, often written, listing of the five days.

• 土ど日にち

  土日 refers to Saturday and Sunday (the weekend), contrasting with 月火水木金.

Etymology

Abbreviation formed by taking the first kanji of each weekday name: 月曜日, 火曜日, 水曜日, 木曜日, 金曜日, and concatenating their on'yomi readings.