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旦日 (たんじつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

旦たん日じつ

Meanings

1

noun, adverb

tomorrow; tomorrow morning

archaic

Archaic word for 'tomorrow' or 'tomorrow morning', now replaced by 明日 (あした/あす) in modern Japanese. Found in classical texts.

古こ典てんでは「旦たん日じつ」と書かいて「たんじつ」と読よみ、明日あすを意い味みした。
In classical texts, 旦日 is read as たんじつ and meant 'tomorrow'.

Kanji

旦daybreak, dawn, morning
日day, sun, Japan

Similar words

明日あした
The modern standard word for 'tomorrow'. 旦日 is its archaic equivalent.
明日あす
Slightly more formal than あした, but still modern. 旦日 is archaic.

Etymology

The kanji 旦 means 'dawn' or 'morning', and 日 means 'day', so the compound originally referred to the next morning. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.