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日めくりカレンダー (ひめくりカレンダー) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひめくりカレンダー

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Meanings

1

daily tear-off calendar; page-a-day calendar

A calendar where each day's page is torn off after use, revealing the next date.

See also: 日めくり

祖そ母ぼは毎まい朝あさ、日ひめくりカレンダーを一いち枚まい破

やぶ

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Every morning, my grandmother tears off a page from the daily tear-off calendar.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
捲roll, wind, coil

Related words

日ひめくり
日めくり is a shorter form meaning 'daily tear-off' and can be used as a prefix or standalone noun, while 日めくりカレンダー specifically refers to the calendar itself.

Built from

日ひめくり+カレンダー

Written forms

日ひめくりカレンダー
Standard modern spelling using めくり (okurigana).
日ひ捲めくりカレンダー
Uses the non-jōyō kanji 捲; rarely seen in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 日めくり (daily tear-off) and カレンダー (calendar). 日めくり itself is from 日 (day) + めくり (turning over, from 捲る).