明々後日しあさって

also: みょうみょうごにち

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Common wordJLPTN3

Meanings

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.

明々後日しあさっての会かい議ぎの準じゅん備びを始はじめましょう。
Let's start preparing for the meeting in three days.
旅りょ行こうは明々後日しあさってからです。
The trip starts in three days.

Usage patterns

明々後日しあさって〈動詞どうし〉to do something three days from now (used adverbially, no particle needed)
明々後日しあさって出しゅっ発ぱつする予よ定ていです。
I'm planning to leave in three days.
〈事こと〉〉は明々後日しあさってだan event falls on the day three days from now
会かい議ぎは明々後日しあさってです。
The meeting is in three days.
明々後日しあさっての〈事こと〉〉an event/thing scheduled for three days from now
明々後日しあさってのパーティーが楽たのしみです。
I'm looking forward to the party three days from now.

Kanji

明bright, light
後behind, back, later
日day, sun, Japan

Opposites

一いっ昨さく昨さく日じつN3
一昨昨日 refers to three days ago, the mirror-image past date to 明々後日's three days in the future.

Don't confuse with

明後日あさってN5
明後日 means 'the day after tomorrow' (two days from now), while 明々後日 means 'three days from now'—learners often mix up which one is which.

Written forms

明々後日Usage57%
- しあさって
  Standard kanji spelling with the common reading しあさって.
- みょうみょうごにち
  rarely-used kana form
  Rare reading みょうみょうごにち; it is a rarely used kana form.
しあさってUsage29%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is complex or the reading is unambiguous.
明明後日Usage14%
- しあさって
  Variant kanji spelling without the iteration mark; also read しあさって.
- みょうみょうごにち
  rarely-used kana form
みょうみょうごにち
rarely-used kana form

Etymology

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.