一いち日じつ千せん秋しゅう

noun

waiting impatiently; each moment feeling like an eternity

A yojijukugo expressing the feeling that time passes extremely slowly when one is eagerly waiting for something. Often used in the phrase 一日千秋の思い (the feeling that a single day seems like a thousand autumns).

• 彼かの女じょからの返へん事じを待まつ間あいだは、一いち日じつ千せん秋しゅうの思おもいだった。

  While waiting for her reply, each moment felt like an eternity.

• 試し験けんの結けっ果かが出でるまで、一いち日じつ千せん秋しゅうの思おもいで過すごした。

  I spent the days until the exam results came out feeling like each day was an eternity.