歲月日

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 年 (to₂si, “year”) +‎ 月 (tuki₂, “month”) +‎ 日 (pi₁, “day”), or of 年 (to₂si, “year(s)”) +‎ 月日 (tuki₂pi₁, “months and days → time”).

Noun

歲月日 (to₂situki₂pi₁) (kana としつきひ)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: a date (time, year, month, and day); years, months, and days; times
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 443:

     ...何在歲月日香茵花香君之...

     ...ika naramu to₂situki₂pi₁ ni ka tutuzi-pana nipope₁ru ki₁mi₁ ga...

     ...what should it be? Years, months, and days? Freshly blooming likely tutuzi flowers, my lord...

Descendants

• Japanese: 年月日 (toshitsukihi), in modern dictionaries