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On'yomi
ニチ・ジツ
NICHI / JITSU
Kun'yomi
ひ・-び・-か
hi / bi / ka

day · sun · Japan · counter for days

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Cultural Context

Etymology

Pictograph depicting the sun. A round sun.

Symbolism

Sun, Japan, day. Symbol of Japan as 'Land of the Rising Sun'.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Start of the day

Seasonal

Expresses seasonal feeling: spring day, summer day, autumn day, winter day. Changes in day length are the basic indicator of seasonal passage.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

旭日昇天

きょくじつしょうてん

full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun); in the ascendant; full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun)

一日片時

いちにちへんじ

short time; short time

三日天下

みっかてんか

short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship; short-lived rule

三日坊主

みっかぼうず

person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days; person who cannot stick to anything

十年一日

じゅうねんいちじつ

without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end; without intermission for ten (long) years

小春日和

こはるびより

Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather; Indian summer (around November)

青天白日

せいてんはくじつ

clear weather; being cleared of the charge (brought against one); having one's innocence proved; clear weather

日常茶飯

にちじょうさはん

everyday occurrence; everyday occurrence

日進月歩

にっしんげっぽ

steady progress; rapid advance; steady progress

連日連夜

れんじつれんや

every day and every night; every day and every night

一日千秋

いちじつせんしゅう

(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity; (waiting) impatiently

黄道吉日

おうどうきちにち

very auspicious day for all types of occasions; very auspicious day for all types of occasions

大安吉日

たいあんきちじつ

very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar); very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)

秋霜烈日

しゅうそうれつじつ

harshness; severity; harshness

祥月命日

しょうつきめいにち

anniversary of a person's death; anniversary of a person's death

一日三秋

いちじつさんしゅう

(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity; (waiting) impatiently

孤城落日

こじょうらくじつ

feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances; feeling (looking) lone and helpless

春日遅々

しゅんじつちち

long and balmy (of a spring day); long and balmy (of a spring day)

乳母日傘

おんばひがさ

(bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere; (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family

日月星辰

じつげつせいしん

the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies; the Sun, the Moon and the stars

槿花一日

きんかいちじつ

evanescent glory; passing prosperity; evanescent glory

Proverbs & Idioms

日日是好日

にちにちこれこうじつ

Every day is a good day

Zen teaching to appreciate each day as it comes

日光を見ずして結構と言うな

にっこうをみずしてけっこうというな

Don't say 'wonderful' without seeing Nikko

Don't judge without seeing the real thing

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

天の原 ふりさけ見れば 春日なる 三笠の山に 出でし月かも

Poem #7 from Hyakunin Isshu

安倍仲麿Abe no Nakamaro
8th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

ひさかたの 光のどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花の散るらむ

Poem #33 from Hyakunin Isshu

紀友則Ki no Tomonori
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

忘れじの 行く末までは かたければ 今日をかぎりの 命ともがな

Poem #54 from Hyakunin Isshu

儀同三司母Gidō Sanshi no Haha
10th century