also: みょうみょうごにち
noun, adverb
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
Refers to the day three days from today, i.e., the day after the day after tomorrow. Commonly used in scheduling and planning contexts.
明々後日の会議の準備を始めましょう。
Let's start preparing for the meeting in three days.
旅行は明々後日からです。
The trip starts in three days.
Standard kanji spelling with the common reading しあさって.
Rare reading みょうみょうごにち; it is a rarely used kana form.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is complex or the reading is unambiguous.
Variant kanji spelling without the iteration mark; also read しあさって.
Compound of 明 (next) and 後日 (later day), with the repetition mark 々 indicating 'the day after the day after tomorrow'. The reading しあさって is a native Japanese word, while みょうみょうごにち is a Sino-Japanese reading that is rarely used.