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明日
明日
See also: 明白
Chinese
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
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day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
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simp. and trad. (明日) |
明 | 日 |
Noun
明日
- (literary) tomorrow
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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明 | 日 |
みょう Grade: 2 |
にち Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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明 | 日 |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
Etymology
- For the 明日 and 明日 form:
- For the 明日 form:
- From Middle Chinese /*miaŋȵiɪt̚/ > Japanese /mjauniti/ > /mjounit͡ʃi/
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
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(Tokyo) あした [àsh
ítáꜜ] (Odaka - [o])[1][2]as a noun -
(Tokyo) あした [àsh
ítá] (Heiban - [0])[2]as an adverb - IPA(key): [a̠ɕi̥ta̠]
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) あす [àsúꜜ] (Odaka - [o])[1][2][3]as a noun
- (Tokyo) あす [àsú] (Heiban - [0])[2]as an adverb
- IPA(key): [a̠sɯᵝ]
Noun
明日 (hiragana あした, romaji ashita) (colloquial)
明日 (hiragana あす, romaji asu) (polite)
明日 (hiragana みょうにち, romaji myōnichi, historical hiragana みやうにち) (formal)
Usage notes
Note that the pronunciation differs depending on register, which also happens for the antonym "yesterday" and the coordinate term "today". Corresponding in formality to ashita/asu/myōnichi "tomorrow" are 昨日 (kinō)/昨日 (kiso) (rare)/昨日 (sakujitsu) "yesterday" and 今日 (kyō)/今日 (konnichi)/本日 (honjitsu) "today".
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- 明静
References
- 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1 2 3 4 5 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0