日ひ々び

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び

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Used as a no-adjective to describe things that happen or are used on a daily basis.

Refers to a period of days, often with a nostalgic or reflective tone, such as the days of one's youth.

Adverbial use emphasizing repetition or gradual change over time.

日々ひびの〈事こと〉〉one's daily ~ (life, work, effort, etc.)
日ひ々びの努ど力りょくが実みを結むすんだ。
Her daily efforts finally paid off.
日々ひびを過すごすto spend one's days (in a certain way)
彼かれは静しずかな日ひ々びを過すごしている。
He is spending his days quietly.
日々ひび〈動詞どうし〉to do ~ day by day (gradually, continuously)
この植しょく物ぶつは日ひ々び成せい長ちょうしている。
This plant is growing bit by bit every day.
日々変化ひびへんかするto change day by day
社しゃ会かいは日ひ々び変へん化かしている。
Society is changing day by day.

日ひ々びに新あらたなりkeep improving every day; daily renewal
去さる者もの日ひ々びに疎うとしout of sight, out of mind; with time we forget those who have died · friendships fade with distance
去さる者ものは日ひ々びに疎うとしwith time we forget those who have died; out of sight, out of mind · friendships fade with distance

毎まい日にちN5sense 1
毎日 is the everyday, conversational word for 'every day', while 日々 is more literary and often implies gradual change or reflection.
日にち常じょうN3sense 2
日常 is a noun meaning 'daily life' as a whole concept, whereas 日々 is used adjectivally or adverbially to describe recurring daily events.
連れん日じつN1sense 3
連日 stresses an unbroken string of consecutive days (often something ongoing or troublesome), while 日々 simply marks routine repetition.
常つね々づね sense 3
常々 means 'habitually, all along' and modifies verbs of attitude or habit, while 日々 more literally marks day-by-day occurrence or passage of time.

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日ひごと sense 3
日毎 is a slightly more formal, almost poetic synonym for 日々, both meaning 'day by day' with a sense of gradual progression.
亀き裂れつ
ひび describes a fine, often surface-level crack (as in glass or ceramics), while 亀裂 can denote a larger, deeper, or jagged crack and extends more readily to figurative rifts.
クラック
ひび is the everyday native Japanese word for a crack, while クラック is a loanword more often used in technical, engineering, or drug contexts.
日ひに日ひにN1
日々 usually means 'day after day' in a neutral, ongoing sense, while 日に日に stresses a visible change that grows or shrinks with each passing day.
割われ目めN1
ひび describes a fine hairline crack, especially in glass or ceramics, while 割れ目 refers to a wider, more visible split or gap.

骨こっ折せつN3
ひび refers to a hairline crack in a bone, while 骨折 is a full break, so the two describe different severities of bone injury.
月つき々づき
月々 means 'month by month', whereas 日々 (also a reduplicated time word) means 'day by day'; learners sometimes mix up the time unit they refer to.

日々Usage96%
- ひび
  Standard kanji spelling; the repetition mark 々 is used instead of writing 日 twice.
- にちにち
日日Usage4%
- ひび
  Alternative spelling without the repetition mark; less common but still used.
- にちにち
ニチニチUsage1%
にちにち

Reduplication of 日 (hi, 'day'), with the second syllable voiced to び (rendaku). The kanji spelling uses the repetition mark 々.