期き日じつ

also: きにち · ごじつ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

fixed date; appointed date; set date

Refers to a date that has been officially decided or scheduled for an event, meeting, or action. Often used in formal or business contexts.

会かい議ぎの期き日じつは来らい週しゅうの水すい曜よう日びに決

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The meeting date has been set for next Wednesday.

期き日じつまでに書しょ類るいを提てい出しゅつしてください。

Please submit the documents by the appointed date.

2

noun

deadline; due date

Emphasizes the final date by which something must be completed or submitted. Often used with expressions like 期日を守る (meet the deadline) or 期日が迫る (the deadline is approaching).

レポートの提てい出しゅつ期き日じつは金きん曜よう日びです。
The deadline for submitting the report is Friday.
期き日じつを過すぎると追つい加か料りょう金きんがかかります。
An additional fee will be charged if you miss the due date.

Usage patterns

期き日じつを守まもるto meet/observe the deadline
契けい約やく書しょの提てい出しゅつ期き日じつを守まもってください。
Please meet the deadline for submitting the contract.
期き日じつが迫せまるthe deadline is approaching
申もうし込こみの期き日じつが迫せまっている。
The application deadline is approaching.
期き日じつを過すぎるto pass the deadline; to be overdue
支し払はらいの期き日じつを過すぎてしまった。
The payment deadline has already passed.
期き日じつを決きめるto set/fix a date
会かい議ぎの期き日じつを決きめましょう。
Let's set a date for the meeting.
期き日じつまでに〈動どう詞し〉to do something by the set date
期き日じつまでに書しょ類るいを提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit the documents by the deadline.

Expressions

期き日じつを早はやめるadvance the date; move up the deadline

Kanji

期period, time, date
日day, sun, Japan

Related words· 6

期き限げんN3sense 2
期限 emphasizes a time limit or expiration point (often for validity or completion), while 期日 emphasizes a specific calendar date that has been fixed.
締しめ切きりN3sense 2
締切 specifically means a cutoff for submissions or applications, whereas 期日 is broader and can refer to any officially set date, not just a submission cutoff.
日ひ取どりN1
期日 is a deadline or due date carrying a sense of obligation, whereas 日取り is a neutral term for a date that has simply been chosen.
納のう期き
期日 is a fixed date by which something must be done, a slightly more formal/legal term than 納期 but usable more broadly beyond delivery or payment.

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満まん期き
期日 refers to a specific fixed date by which something must happen, while 満期 refers to the end of an entire term or period, not just a single date.
日ひにちN3
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

日ひ付づけN3
期日 means a fixed deadline or due date, while 日付 is simply the date written or recorded on something, with no sense of a deadline.

Word family

予よ定てい期き日じつ
prearranged date; scheduled date
公こう判はん期き日じつ
trial date; court hearing date
期き日じつ前まえ投とう票ひょう
early voting; advance voting

Written forms

期日Usage100%
- きじつ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading きじつ is the most common and widely understood.
- きにち
  Alternate reading; less common and may be considered non-standard or dialectal by some speakers.

Etymology

A compound of 期, “appointed time,” and 日, “day or date.” Both きじつ and the less common きにち use Sino-Japanese readings.

ごじつ

out-dated reading

Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.

きにち

ごじつ

out-dated reading