毎日

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
毎 日
まい
Grade: 2 		じつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
每日 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
毎 日
まい
Grade: 2 		にち
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
每日 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

毎 (mai-, “each; every”) +‎ 日 (nichi, jitsu, “day”)

Pronunciation

Adverb

毎(まい)日(にち) or 毎(まい)日(じつ) • (mainichi or maijitsu) 

  1. every day; daily
    彼(かれ)は殆(ほとん)ど毎(まい)日(にち)ここへ来(く)る。
    Kare wa hotondo mainichi koko e kuru.
    He comes here almost every day.
    毎(まい)日(にち)行(い)く。
    Mainichi iku.
    To go every day.
    犬(いぬ)に毎(まい)日(にち)餌(えさ)を上(あ)げて下(くだ)さい。
    Inu ni mainichi esa o agete kudasai.
    Please feed the dog every day.
    • 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “未(み)来(らい)ドロボウ [The Future Thief]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 120:
      あの子(こ)の未(み)来(らい)がどうなるか…………それはわからないが………、ただひとついえることは、これからの毎(まい)日(にち)を……、一(いち)日(にち)一(いち)日(にち)たいせつに、生(い)きていってくれるだろうということ
      Ano ko no mirai ga dō naru ka………… Sore wa wakaranai ga………, tada hitotsu ieru koto wa, kore kara no mainichi o……, ichinichi ichinichi taisetsu ni, ikiteitte kureru darō to iu koto
      What does the future have in store for him… That is yet to be determined…, one thing for certain though, from now on…, he will treasure every single day of his life.

Synonyms

Noun

毎(まい)日(にち) or 毎(まい)日(じつ) • (mainichi or maijitsu) 

  1. everyday life; daily life
    私(わたし)の毎日(まいにち)。
    Watashi no mainichi.
    My daily life.

Coordinate terms

時 (“Time”)
~ −3 −2 −1 0 +1 +2 Continual
Day 日 一昨昨日 一昨日 昨日 今日 明日 明後日 毎日
Morning 朝 — 一昨朝 昨朝 今朝 明朝 — 毎朝
Night 晩 — 一昨晩 昨晩 今晩 明晩 — 毎晩
Week 週 — 先々週 先週 今週 来週 再来週 毎週
Month 月 — 先々月 先月 今月 来月 再来月 毎月
Year 年 一昨昨年 一昨年 去年 今年 来年 再来年 毎年

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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