明あくる日ひ

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

1

noun, adverb

next day; following day

Refers to the day after a particular reference point, often used in narrative or formal contexts. Functions as a noun or adverbially with に.

あくる日ひ、彼かれは早そう朝ちょうに家いえを出でた。
The next day, he left the house early in the morning.

事じ件けんのあくる日ひに警けい察さつが来きた。

The police came the day after the incident.

Usage patterns

明あくる日ひに〈動どう詞し〉on the following day, (something happens)
彼かれは事じ故こに遭あい、明あくる日ひに病びょう院いんで目めを覚さました。
He was in an accident and woke up in the hospital the next day.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
明bright, light
翌the following, next

Related words

翌よく日じつN3
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 previous day', the direct opposite of 明くる日 'the next day'.

Written forms

明あくる日ひUsage30%
Standard kanji spelling; 明くる is a classical attributive form of 明く (modern 明ける).
あくる日ひUsage66%
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; the reading あくるひ is unambiguous.
翌あくる日ひUsage5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 翌 is normally read よく, making this spelling confusing for learners.

Etymology

From the classical attributive form 明くる (akuru) of the verb 明く (aku, 'to dawn') + 日 (hi, 'day'). The form 明くる is now mostly fossilized in this phrase.