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２１日 (にじゅういちにち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

２１日にじゅういちにち

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Common word

Meanings

1

noun

21st day of the month

Used to specify the 21st day of any month in dates.

会かい議ぎは２１日にちに行おこなわれます。
The meeting will be held on the 21st.

2

noun

21 days

Indicates a duration of 21 days. Often used with counters or in expressions of time span.

この薬くすりは２１日にち間かん飲のみ続つづけてください。

Please continue taking this medicine for 21 days.

Written forms

２１日にじゅういちにち
Standard numeric representation for the 21st day of the month.
二に十じゅう一いち日にち
Kanji representation, common in formal or vertical writing.
二一日にじゅういちにち
Uncommon abbreviated kanji form; rarely used in practice.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
二two, two radical (no. 7)
十ten
一one, one radical (no.1)

Etymology

Compound of 二十一 (にじゅういち, twenty-one) and 日 (にち, day).