翌よく日じつ

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つ

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

next day; the following day

Refers to the day after a reference point, typically in narrative or scheduling contexts. Can be used as a noun or adverbially without a particle.

翌よく日じつ、彼かれは早はやく起おきた。
The next day, he woke up early.
会かい議ぎは翌よく日じつに延えん期きされた。
The meeting was postponed to the following day.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の翌よく日じつthe day after 〈event〉
台たい風ふうの翌よく日じつ、街まちは静しずかだった。
The day after the typhoon, the town was quiet.
翌よく日じつになってonce the next day came
翌よく日じつになって、彼かれはやっと連れん絡らくしてきた。
It wasn't until the next day that he finally got in touch.
翌よく日じつ〈動どう詞し〉to do 〈verb〉 the next day (used adverbially without a particle)
彼かれは試し験けんを受うけ、翌よく日じつ結けっ果かを知しった。
He took the exam and learned the results the next day.

Kanji

翌the following, next
日day, sun, Japan

Related words

明日あしたN5
明日 means 'tomorrow' relative to today, while 翌日 means 'the day after' any reference point, not necessarily today.
明あくる日ひN1
翌日 is the standard, neutral word for 'the next day' in modern Japanese, while 明くる日 sounds more literary or old-fashioned.

Opposites

前ぜん日じつN3
前日 means 'the day before' a reference point, the direct opposite of 翌日's 'the day after'.
同どう日じつ
同日 refers to the same day as a reference point, whereas 翌日 refers to the day after it.

Don't confuse with

当とう日じつN3
当日 means 'the very day (of the event)' while 翌日 means 'the day after' it, so they refer to different days relative to the event.
翌よく朝あさN1
翌日 means 'the next day' as a whole (any time of day), while 翌朝 narrows the reference to specifically the morning of that following day.
翌よく週しゅうN3
翌日 means 'the following day', while 翌週 means 'the following week'; learners sometimes mix up the 翌- prefixed time words for different spans.

Word family

翌よく日じつ物もの
overnight call loan; loan repaid the next day
翌よく日じつ着ちゃく
next-day arrival
翌よく日じつ配はい達たつ
next-day delivery

Etymology

Compound of 翌 (よく, 'following') and 日 (じつ, 'day'). The reading よくじつ is a standard on'yomi combination.