明後日あさって

also: みょうごにち

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, adverb

day after tomorrow

Standard temporal noun and adverb for the day after tomorrow.

明後日あさっては友とも達だちと映えい画がを見みに行いく。
I'm going to see a movie with a friend the day after tomorrow.
レポートは明後日あさってまでに提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit the report by the day after tomorrow.

2

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

wrong direction; completely off

Only with reading あさって

Idiomatic use with あさって; often in the phrase あさっての方を向く (to face the wrong way) or あさっての方向 (the wrong direction).

Written forms

明後日Usage72%
- あさって
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading あさって is a jukujikun.
- みょうごにち
  Formal reading; rarely used in everyday speech.
あさってUsage27%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Common kana spelling, especially in informal writing.
アサッテUsage1%
みょうごにち

Kanji

明bright, light
後behind, back, later
日day, sun, Japan

Similar words

明日あした
明日 means 'tomorrow', while 明後日 means 'the day after tomorrow'.
一昨日おととい
一昨日 means 'the day before yesterday', the opposite temporal direction from 明後日.

Etymology

The kanji 明後日 literally mean 'bright after day', a jukujikun reading assigned to the native Japanese word あさって. The formal reading みょうごにち is the on'yomi of the characters.