二日

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ふた > ふつ
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
2日

/putuka//fut͡suka/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Analyzable as a compound of (futsu, two, irregular reading, apparently a shift from expected reading futa) +‎ (ka, day, uncommon variant only occurring in certain compounds of ancient derivation).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふつ)() (futsuka

  1. two days, a two-day period
  2. the second day after some set point in time
  3. the second day of the month
  4. (historical) during the Edo period, the two-day period of the day of 大祭 (taisai, major festivals) and the preceding day's 宵祭り (yoi matsuri, eve-festivals)
  5. short for 二日灸 (futsuka-kyū), moxibustion traditionally performed on the second of February or August in the belief that this conferred year-long good health
Derived terms

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for
1(st) 2(nd) 3(rd) 4(th) 5(th) 6(th) 7(th) 8(th) 9(th) 10(th)
How many? (いち)(にち) (ichinichi) (ふつ)() (futsuka) (みっ)() (mikka) (よっ)() (yokka) (いつ)() (itsuka) (むい)() (muika) (なの)() (nanoka)
(なぬ)() (nanuka)
(よう)() (yōka) (ここの)() (kokonoka) (とお)() (tōka)
What day? 一日(ついたち) (tsuitachi)
(いっ)() (ippi)
11(th) 12(th) 13(th) 14(th) 15(th) 16(th) 17(th) 18(th) 19(th) 20(th)
(じゅう)(いち)(にち) (jūichinichi) (じゅう)()(にち) (jūninichi) (じゅう)(さん)(にち) (jūsannichi) (じゅう)(よっ)() (jūyokka) (じゅう)()(にち) (jūgonichi) (じゅう)(ろく)(にち) (jūrokunichi) (じゅう)(しち)(にち) (jūshichinichi) (じゅう)(はち)(にち) (jūhachinichi) (じゅう)()(にち) (jūkunichi) 二十(はつ)() (hatsuka)
24(th) 27(th) 29(th) 30(th) 40(th) 50(th) 100(th) 1,000(th) 10,000(th) ?
()(じゅう)(よっ)() (nijūyokka) ()(じゅう)(しち)(にち) (nijūshichinichi) ()(じゅう)()(にち) (nijūkunichi) (さん)(じゅう)(にち) (sanjūnichi)
()()() (misoka)
()(じゅう)(にち) (shijūnichi)
()()() (yosoka)
()(じゅう)(にち) (gojūnichi)
五十()() (ika)
(ひゃく)(にち) (hyakunichi)
(もも)() (momoka)
(せん)(にち) (sennichi) (いち)(まん)(にち) (ichimannichi) (なん)(にち) (nannichi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ふた
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of (futa, two, used in counting) +‎ (hi, day). Generally only found in instances of counting, as in ひとひふたひ (hitohi futahi, one day, two days...).[1]

First cited in 1746.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ふた)() (futahi

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) two days, a two-day period

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 二日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN