日
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
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
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
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