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年月日 (ねんがっぴ, nengappi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Please fill in the date (year, month, day) on this document.
It's difficult to remember the exact dates of historical events.
Usage patterns 年ねん 月がっ 日ぴ を 記き 入にゅう する to fill in the date
Please fill in the date on the application form.
年ねん 月がっ 日ぴ 順じゅん に 並なら べる to arrange in chronological (date) order
I rearranged the documents in chronological order.
年ねん 月がっ 日ぴ を 明めい 記き する to clearly state the date
The contract needs to clearly state the exact date.
Related words 日付 is the everyday, more general word for 'date' and can refer to just the day or month/day, while 年月日 formally specifies the full year, month, and day, as on official documents.
Don't confuse with 日時 means 'date and time' together (e.g. for an appointment), whereas 年月日 refers only to the calendar date with no time component.
年月日 means a specific calendar date (year, month, day), while 年月 means the passage or span of time itself.
Word family date of issuance
date of birth; DOB
date of manufacture
Etymology Compound of 年 (year), 月 (month), and 日 (day). The reading ねんがっぴ is a standard combination of the on'yomi readings with rendaku (sequential voicing) on 月.
