三みっ日か

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Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

noun

third day of the month; the 3rd

Calendar-date use. With a month name, 三日 is read みっか, as in 五月三日.

会かい議ぎは五ご月がつ三みっ日かにあります。
The meeting is on May 3rd.
締しめ切きりは来らい月げつの三みっ日かです。
The deadline is the third of next month.

noun

three days; a period of three days

Duration use. 三日 can stand alone as a time span, and 三日間 is also common when emphasizing the full length of three days.

三みっ日か待まってください。
Please wait three days.
彼かれは三みっ日か間かんほとんど寝ねていない。
He has hardly slept for three days.

Written forms

三みっ日か
Standard kanji spelling for both the third day of a month and a period of three days.
３みっ日か
Arabic-numeral spelling used especially in dates, schedules, forms, and practical writing; lists the full-width numeral form.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
三three

Similar words

二日ふつか
Means either the 2nd day of the month or two days; it follows the same date-or-duration pattern as 三日.
四よっ日か
Means either the 4th day of the month or four days; note the special reading よっか.
三みっ日か間かん
Refers only to a duration of three days, not the third day of the month; 間 makes the time-span meaning explicit.

Etymology

Native Japanese calendar and counter form read みっか. The kanji 三日 literally represent 'three' plus 'day'; the same spelling is used for both a calendar date and a three-day duration.

三みっ日か

み

っ

か

Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

noun

third day of the month; the 3rd

Calendar-date use. With a month name, 三日 is read みっか, as in 五月三日.

会かい議ぎは五ご月がつ三みっ日かにあります。
The meeting is on May 3rd.
締しめ切きりは来らい月げつの三みっ日かです。
The deadline is the third of next month.

noun

three days; a period of three days

Duration use. 三日 can stand alone as a time span, and 三日間 is also common when emphasizing the full length of three days.

三みっ日か待まってください。
Please wait three days.
彼かれは三みっ日か間かんほとんど寝ねていない。
He has hardly slept for three days.

Written forms

三みっ日か
Standard kanji spelling for both the third day of a month and a period of three days.
３みっ日か
Arabic-numeral spelling used especially in dates, schedules, forms, and practical writing; lists the full-width numeral form.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
三three

Similar words

二日ふつか
Means either the 2nd day of the month or two days; it follows the same date-or-duration pattern as 三日.
四よっ日か
Means either the 4th day of the month or four days; note the special reading よっか.
三みっ日か間かん
Refers only to a duration of three days, not the third day of the month; 間 makes the time-span meaning explicit.

Etymology

Native Japanese calendar and counter form read みっか. The kanji 三日 literally represent 'three' plus 'day'; the same spelling is used for both a calendar date and a three-day duration.