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一日中 (いちにちじゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いち日にち中じゅう

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Common word

Meanings

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adverb, noun

all day long; throughout the day

Describes an action or state that continues for the entire day. Often used with verbs like いる, 寝る, 働く, or 遊ぶ.

昨日きのうは一いち日中にちじゅう雨あめが降ふっていた。
It rained all day yesterday.
彼かれは一いち日にち中じゅうゲームをして過すごした。
He spent the whole day playing games.

Written forms

一いち日にち中じゅう
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
１いち日にち中じゅう
Variant using numeral 1; often seen in informal writing.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
日day, sun, Japan
中in, inside, middle

Similar words

一いち日にち
一日 means 'one day' or 'a day', while 一日中 emphasizes 'all day long' or 'throughout the entire day'.
終しゅう日じつ
終日 is a more formal, literary equivalent of 一日中, often used in written or official contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 一日 (いちにち, 'one day') and 中 (じゅう, 'throughout'). The reading じゅう is a rendaku form of ちゅう.