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二日

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ふた > ふつ
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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

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Noun

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(ふつ)() (futsuka

  1. [from 720] two days, a two-day period
  2. [from early 900s] the second day after some set point in time
  3. [from late 900s] the second day of the month
  4. [from 1786] (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. [from 1811] 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
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See also

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Days in Japanese
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
1一日いちにちichinichi
(1st day of the month)一日ついたち、いっぴtsuitachi, ippi
2二日ふつかfutsuka
3三日みっかmikka
4四日よっかyokka
5五日いつかitsuka
6六日むいかmuika
7七日なのか、なぬかnanoka, nanuka
8八日ようかyōka
9九日ここのかkokonoka
10十日とおかtōka
11十一日じゅういちにちjūichinichi
12十二日じゅうににちjūninichi
13十三日じゅうさんにちjūsannichi
14十四日じゅうよっかjūyokka
15十五日じゅうごにちjūgonichi
16十六日じゅうろくにちjūrokunichi
17十七日じゅうしちにちjūshichinichi
18十八日じゅうはちにちjūhachinichi
19十九日じゅうくにちjūkunichi
20二十日はつかhatsuka
21二十一日にじゅういちにちnijūichinichi
22二十二日にじゅうににちnijūninichi
23二十三日にじゅうさんにちnijūsannichi
24二十四日にじゅうよっか、にじゅうよんにちnijūyokka, nijūyonnichi
25二十五日にじゅうごにちnijūgonichi
26二十六日にじゅうろくにちnijūrokunichi
27二十七日にじゅうしちにちnijūshichinichi
28二十八日にじゅうはちにちnijūhachinichi
29二十九日にじゅうくにちnijūkunichi
30三十日さんじゅうにち、みそかsanjūnichi, misoka
31三十一日さんじゅういちにちsanjūichinichi
100百日ひゃくにちhyakunichi
10,000一万日いちまんにちichimannichi
100,000,000一億日いちおくにちichiokunichi
00日零日ゼロにち、れいにちzeronichi, reinichi
?何日なんにちnannichi

Etymology 2

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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

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Noun

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(ふた)() (futahi

  1. [from 1746] (archaic, possibly obsolete) two days, a two-day period

References

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