三みっ日か

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Common wordJLPTN5

Meanings

noun

third day of the month; the 3rd

Calendar-date use. With a month name, 三日 is read みっか, as in 五月三日.

会かい議ぎは五ご月がつ三みっ日かにあります。
The meeting is on May 3rd.
締しめ切きりは来らい月げつの三みっ日かです。
The deadline is the third of next month.

noun

three days; a period of three days

Duration use. 三日 can stand alone as a time span, and 三日間 is also common when emphasizing the full length of three days.

三みっ日か待まってください。
Please wait three days.
彼かれは三みっ日か間かんほとんど寝ねていない。
He has hardly slept for three days.

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Usage patterns

〈時とき〉３みっ日かにon the 3rd (of a given month)
会かい議ぎは五ご月がつ三みっ日かに行おこなわれる。
The meeting will be held on May 3rd.
３みっ日かかかるto take three days (to complete something)
この修しゅう理りには三みっ日かかかります。
This repair will take three days.
３みっ日かぶりに〈動どう詞し〉to do something for the first time in three days
三みっ日かぶりに学がっ校こうへ行いった。
I went to school for the first time in three days.

Expressions

春はるに三みっ日かの晴はれ間まなしgood weather never lasts for three days in spring

Grammar

一人ひとり・二に本ほん・三さん冊さつnumbers and countersN5

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
三three

Don't confuse with

二日ふつかN5
三日 (みっか) and 二日 (ふつか) are both irregular day-readings that beginners often mix up, since neither follows the regular Sino-Japanese number+日 pattern.
四よっ日かN5
三日 (みっか) and 四日 (よっか) sit next to each other in the irregular series of native-Japanese day-readings, so learners often confuse which reading goes with which number.

Counted with

日にちN3sense 2
三日 is itself built from the counter 日 (にち), which is the standard counter for counting days.

Word family

三みっ日か酔よい
two-day hangover; hangover that lasts into the third day
週しゅう休きゅう３みっ日か制せい
four-day workweek system

Written forms

三みっ日か
Standard kanji spelling for both the third day of a month and a period of three days.
３みっ日か
Arabic-numeral spelling used especially in dates, schedules, forms, and practical writing; lists the full-width numeral form.

Etymology

Native Japanese calendar and counter form read みっか. The kanji 三日 literally represent 'three' plus 'day'; the same spelling is used for both a calendar date and a three-day duration.