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期日 (きじつ, kijitsu) Japanese meaning: fixed date | Kotomora
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The meeting date has been set for next Wednesday.
Please submit the documents by the appointed date.
Usage patterns 期き 日じつ を 守まも る to meet/observe the deadline
Please meet the deadline for submitting the contract.
期き 日じつ が 迫せま る the deadline is approaching
The application deadline is approaching.
期き 日じつ を 過す ぎる to pass the deadline; to be overdue
The payment deadline has already passed.
期き 日じつ を 決き める to set/fix a date
Let's set a date for the meeting.
期き 日じつ までに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something by the set date
Please submit the documents by the deadline.
Related words· 6 期限 emphasizes a time limit or expiration point (often for validity or completion), while 期日 emphasizes a specific calendar date that has been fixed.
締切 specifically means a cutoff for submissions or applications, whereas 期日 is broader and can refer to any officially set date, not just a submission cutoff.
期日 is a deadline or due date carrying a sense of obligation, whereas 日取り is a neutral term for a date that has simply been chosen.
期日 is a fixed date by which something must be done, a slightly more formal/legal term than 納期 but usable more broadly beyond delivery or payment.
Show 2 more 期日 refers to a specific fixed date by which something must happen, while 満期 refers to the end of an entire term or period, not just a single date.
期日 stresses a fixed deadline or due date, whereas 日にち simply refers to the day something is scheduled to happen, with no strong sense of a deadline.
Word family prearranged date; scheduled date
trial date; court hearing date
early voting; advance voting
Etymology A compound of 期, “appointed time,” and 日, “day or date.” Both きじつ and the less common きにち use Sino-Japanese readings.
Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.
