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日にち (ひにち, hinichi) Japanese meaning: date | Kotomora

日ひにち

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a specific calendar date, especially for planned events or actions. Often used when scheduling or confirming when something will happen.

次つぎの会かい議ぎの日ひにちを決きめましょう。

Let's decide on the date for the next meeting.

旅りょ行こうの日ひにちが近ちかづいてきた。

The date of the trip is approaching.

2

number of days

Used to count or refer to a span of days, often with a numeral. Similar to 日数 (にっすう) but more common in everyday speech.

完かん成せいまでにどのくらい日ひにちがかかりますか。
How many days will it take to complete?
引ひっ越こしまでにあまり日ひにちがない。
There aren't many days left until the move.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の日ひにちを決きめるto decide the date for an event
旅りょ行こうの日ひにちを決きめましょう。
Let's decide on the date for the trip.
日ひにちを変へん更こうするto change the (scheduled) date
会かい議ぎの日ひにちを変へん更こうしてもらえますか。
Could you change the date of the meeting?
日ひにちが合あうfor the dates/schedules to match up
みんなの日ひにちが合あう日ひを探さがしています。
We're looking for a day that works for everyone.
日ひにちを空あけるto keep a day free (in one's schedule)
その日ひにちを空あけておいてください。
Please keep that day free.
日ひにちがかかるto take a certain number of days
修しゅう理りには日ひにちがかかります。
The repair will take several days.
〈数かず〉日ひにちが経たつfor a certain number of days to pass
事じ故こから三みっ日かにちが経たった。
Three days have passed since the accident.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan

Related words

日ひ付づけN3sense 1
日付 is the date as recorded on a document, receipt, or letter, while 日にち refers more generally to a date being scheduled or discussed in conversation.
日にっ数すうN1sense 2
日数 is the formal, often written term for a number of days, while 日にち is the everyday word used in the same sense, as in 準備の日にちが足りない.
期き日じつN1sense 1
期日 stresses a fixed deadline or due date, whereas 日にち simply refers to the day something is scheduled to happen, with no strong sense of a deadline.

Don't confuse with

日にち時じN3sense 1
日時 specifies both the date and the time of an event, while 日にち refers only to the date itself, without a time attached.
日にっ数すうN1
日数 strictly means the number of days, while 日にち can mean either a specific date or, informally, a number of days, so learners may mix up the two.

Word family

日ひにち薬ぐすり
time heals all wounds; time is the best medicine

Written forms

日ひにちUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
日ひ日にち
Rare alternative kanji spelling; 日にち is strongly preferred in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 日 (ひ, 'day') + にち (on-reading of 日, 'day'). The repetition of the character for 'day' emphasizes the concept of a specific day or a span of days.