► 名詞
一日 [いちにち] meaning: day rank: 1
☆ この仕事を一日でやるのは無理だ ⇨ It is impossible to get this work done in one day (☛ One day. Often pronounced いちんち in conversation)
一日 [ついたち] meaning: one rank: 1
☆ 一月一日 ⇨ January first (☛ The first day of a month only. The first day of an even is “初日” and “One day” is “いちにち”)
More examples:
- 一日中勉強して頭が煮詰まってしまった ⇨ I’ve been studying all day and my brain feels like saturated
- 一日十分運動するだけでも大きな効果が有る ⇨ There will be a big effect when you work out even just 10 minutes a day
- 会費は毎月一日に徴収される ⇨ The membership fee is collected on the 1st day of each month
- 今日一日客先を回った ⇨ I made the rounds of customers all day today
- 一日中体を動かさずにいるのは不健康だ ⇨ It is unhealthy not to move your body, be inactive, all day
- 彼は一日中酒を飲んでいる ⇨ He is drinking all day
- 彼等は炎天下で一日中働いた ⇨ They worked all day under scorching heat
- 来たる来月一日に開店 ⇨ We will open the first day of the coming month
- 東京行きは一日三便有る ⇨ There are three Tokyo-bound flights per day
- 私は一日に三度歯を磨く ⇨ I brush my teeth three times a day
- この法律は六月一日付で施行される ⇨ This law will be implemented on June 1
- 山田家の一日 ⇨ A typical day of Yamada family, household
- 郵便局員は一日一度集荷する ⇨ Postal workers come collect parcels once a day
- 猛暑の中で一日中働いてメロメロになった ⇨ I worked all day under intense heat and got exhausted
- 一日二回の歯磨きを習慣付けることが大切だ (しゅうかんづける) ⇨ It is important to make a habit of brushing teeth twice a day