Translation guide
Expresses the idea of something happening repeatedly, every day, often with a sense of monotony or continuity. Japanese uses various adverbs and phrases depending on nuance and formality.
To state that something happens each day, without strong emotional coloring.
The most common and neutral way to say 'every day'. Can be used in almost any context.
He goes jogging every day.
It's the same thing every day.
Literally 'days', often used to mean 'day after day' or 'daily' in a slightly more literary or reflective tone.
Daily effort is important.
To emphasize that something happens day after day, often with a nuance of monotony, endurance, or unchanging routine.
A set phrase meaning 'day after day', strongly emphasizing repetition and often monotony. Common in both speech and writing.
Day after day, it kept raining.
Day after day, it's the same work over and over.
Repetition of 'every day' for emphasis, similar to 'day in, day out'. Slightly more colloquial than 来る日も来る日も.
Day after day, I'm exhausted from overtime.
Means 'every day' or 'day after day', often used in news or formal contexts to describe consecutive days of an event.
To express that something changes or progresses a little each day.
毎日 is a neutral 'every day'. 来る日も来る日も adds a strong sense of monotony or endurance, similar to 'day after day' in English. Use 来る日も来る日も when you want to emphasize the repetitive, sometimes tiresome nature of the action.
The English phrase 'day after day' is often rendered as 来る日も来る日も, not a literal translation like 日の後日. Using 毎日 is fine for simple 'every day' meanings, but for the nuance of monotony, use the set phrases.
Day after day, he practiced the piano.
She waited for his letter day after day.
連日の猛暑で体調を崩す人が増えている。
With the intense heat day after day, more people are falling ill.
Literally 'whether it dawns or gets dark', meaning 'day in, day out' or 'all the time'. Emphasizes constant, unchanging repetition.
Day in, day out, I think only about work.
日増しに成長している。
He is growing day by day.