How Many Days
What Day, Which Day
noun, expression
What day equals the fairly obvious translation "what day." But, it also means how many days.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji, but 何 actually uses the kun'yomi reading here! And since 日 has two on'yomi readings, here's a mnemonic to help you remember this reading:
How many days does it take you to bake a naan Nietzsche (なんにち)? It's not easy to make a Nietzsche entirely out of naan, so I wonder how many days it would take.
一月何日
What day in January?
今日何日
What's the date today?
何月何日
What month and what day?
アルバイト、何日休むんですか。
How many days will you take off from your part-time job?
何日がいい？
What day's good for you?
エレベーターから何日出られなかったんですか。
How many days were you stuck in the elevator?