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二日 (futsuka) Japanese meaning: 2nd day of the month | Kotomora

二日ふつか

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Common word›JLPTN5›

Meanings

1

2nd day of the month

Refers specifically to the second day of a calendar month. Often used with month names or in date expressions.

会かい議ぎは来らい月げつの二ふつ日かです。

The meeting is on the 2nd of next month.

2

two days

Indicates a duration of two days. Often used with counters or in expressions like 二日間.

この仕し事ごとは二ふつ日かかかります。
This work will take two days.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉に二日ふつかかかるto take two days (to do something)
この仕し事ごとを終おえるのに二ふ日つかかかった。
It took two days to finish this job.
二日ふつかおきにevery other day
二ふつ日かおきにこの薬くすりを飲のんでください。
Please take this medicine every other day.
〈月つき〉二日ふつかthe 2nd day of a given month
五ご月がつ二ふつ日かは祝しゅく日じつです。
May 2nd is a national holiday.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
二two, two radical (no. 7)

Related words

二日ふつか間かん sense 2
二日間 explicitly marks a two-day duration, whereas 二日 alone can mean either the date or the duration depending on context.
両りょう日じつ
二日 simply means 'two days' or 'the 2nd of the month', whereas 両日 stresses that both of two specific days are meant.

Don't confuse with

一日ついたちN5sense 1
一日 refers to the 1st day of the month, while 二日 refers to the 2nd; both use irregular date readings that learners often mix up.
二に三さん日にちN5
二日 means exactly 'two days', whereas 二三日 is an approximate range of two to three days, and learners can mistake one for the other due to the shared kanji.
三みっ日かN5
三日 (みっか) and 二日 (ふつか) are both irregular day-readings that beginners often mix up, since neither follows the regular Sino-Japanese number+日 pattern.

Word family

週しゅう休きゅう二日ふつか制せい
five-day workweek system; five-day school week system · system with at least one two-day weekend per month

Written forms

二日ふつか
Standard kanji spelling, preferred in formal or literary contexts.
２ふつ日か
Common in schedules, dates, and informal writing. The numeral spelling is widely used.

Etymology

The reading ふつか is an irregular native Japanese counting form for 'two days' or 'the second day', not derived from the regular numeral 二 (に). The exact historical derivation is uncertain.

六むい日かN5

六日 (むいか) and 二日 (ふつか) are both irregular kun readings for calendar dates/day-counts that beginners often mix up or misread.