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２１日 (nijuuichinichi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

２１にじゅういち日にち

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Meanings

1

21st day of the month

Used to specify the 21st day of any month in dates.

会かい議ぎは２１日にちに行おこなわれます。

The meeting will be held on the 21st.

2

21 days

Indicates a duration of 21 days. Often used with counters or in expressions of time span.

この薬くすりは２１日にち間かん飲のみ続つづけてください。
Please continue taking this medicine for 21 days.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
二two, two radical (no. 7)
十ten
一one, one radical (no.1)

Don't confuse with

二十日はつかN5sense 1
２１日 (にじゅういちにち) uses the regular number+日 reading, while 二十日 (はつか) is an irregular native-Japanese reading that learners often mistakenly try to apply to 21日 as well.

Written forms

２１にじゅういち日にち
Standard numeric representation for the 21st day of the month.
二に十じゅう一いち日にち
Kanji representation, common in formal or vertical writing.
二一日にじゅういちにち
Uncommon abbreviated kanji form; rarely used in practice.

Etymology

Compound of 二十一 (にじゅういち, twenty-one) and 日 (にち, day).