先せん日じつ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to a day in the recent past, typically within the last few days or up to a week or so. Used both as a noun and adverbially.

Related words· 7

この間あいだN4
この間 is casual and can point to a vaguer, sometimes slightly longer stretch of recent past than the more neutral 先日.
先せんだってN1
先だって means the same as 先日 but sounds a bit old-fashioned and is less common in everyday conversation.
先さき頃ごろN1
先ごろ is more formal than 先日 and typically appears in news reports or written announcements.
最さい近きんN5
最近 covers a broader, less precise recent period (weeks or months) whereas 先日 points to one specific day within the last week or so.

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この前まえ
先日 is a more formal, polite word for 'the other day' used in business or written contexts, while この前 is casual everyday speech.
先せん般ぱん
先日 is the common, everyday word for 'the other day', while 先般 is a stiffer, formal term used in official writing and business speech.
今こん度どN5
先日 only points to a recent past event, while 今度 can point to the recent past, the present occasion, or the future.

Don't confuse with

前ぜん日じつN3
前日 means 'the day before (some event)' and is often confused with 先日 ('the other day, recently') due to the similar kanji and sound.
先さきほどN2
先ほど refers to minutes or hours ago (very recent), while 先日 refers to a somewhat more distant past such as a few days ago.