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Kanji Detail for 日 - "sun, day, light"
日
- Meaning
日 means "sun, day, light."
Sun - The sun; sunlight.
Daytime - The hours when the sun is up.
One day - A full day; 24 hours.
Daily - Every day; day by day.
A certain day - A particular time or occasion.
Japan - An abbreviation for "Japan."
Day counter - A word for counting days.
Sunday - One of the seven days of the week.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sun; day; daytime
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sun; day; daytime
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
One of the fixed stars. Extremely bright and hot. It rotates and has gravitational pull. The Earth and other planets revolve around it to form seasons and years. | One day and night is called 日, meaning one full rotation of the Earth. Such as "a year has three hundred sixty-five days." | Daytime, as opposed to night. Such as 夜以繼日 (to continue day and night). Also refers to time in general. Such as 往日 (past days), 來日 (future days), 異日 (another day). | Country name. Abbreviation for Japan. Located east of China. Also called the Eastern Sea (Dongyang).
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Sentences including 日
I don't want to see anybody today.
You don't have to work on sundays.
I didn't study at all yesterday.
I had hoped to have finished this yesterday.
Does anyone here speak japanese?
It being sunday , the shop was closed.
I'm going to call at his house tomorrow.
The report was sent within the same day.
I lost the camera i had bought the day before.
It was mary that bought this skirt yesterday.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ところが私が鎌倉に着いて三日と経たないうちに、私を呼び寄せた友達は、急に国元から帰れという電報を受け取った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
学校の授業が始まるにはまだ大分日数があるので鎌倉におってもよし、帰ってもよいという境遇にいた私は、当分元の宿に留まる覚悟をした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
純粋の日本の浴衣を着ていた彼は、それを床几の上にすぽりと放り出したまま、腕組みをして海の方を向いて立っていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はその二日前に由井が浜まで行って、砂の上にしゃがみながら、長い間西洋人の海へ入る様子を眺めていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
彼はやがて自分の傍を顧みて、そこにこごんでいる日本人に、一言二言何かいった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その日本人は砂の上に落ちた手拭を拾い上げているところであったが、それを取り上げるや否や、すぐ頭を包んで、海の方へ歩き出した。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それで翌日もまた先生に会った時刻を見計らって、わざわざ掛茶屋まで出かけてみた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生が昨日のように騒がしい浴客の中を通り抜けて、一人で泳ぎ出した時、私は急にその後が追い掛けたくなった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
すると先生は昨日と違って、一種の弧線を描いて、妙な方向から岸の方へ帰り始めた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生は彼の風変りのところや、もう鎌倉にいない事や、色々の話をした末、日本人にさえあまり交際をもたないのに、そういう外国人と近付きになったのは不思議だといったりした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
帰ってから授業の始まるまでにはまだ二週間の日数があるので、そのうちに一度行っておこうと思った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし帰って二日三日と経つうちに、鎌倉にいた時の気分が段々薄くなって来た。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha