► 名詞
今日 [(1)きょう] meaning: today rank: 1
☆ 今日は日曜日だ ⇨ Today is Sunday (☛ Never means “nowadays”)
今日 [(1)こんにち] [liter] meaning: today rank: 2
☆ 今日の若者 ⇨ Today’s youth (☛ Always means “recent time”)
More examples:
- 今日は良い日和だ ⇨ It is a fine weather today
- 今日は彼が皿洗いの当番だ ⇨ Today is his turn to do the dishes
- うちの娘は今日は御機嫌斜めだ (ごきげんななめ) ⇨ My daughter is in a bad mood today
- 今日はもうこの辺りで終わりにしよう ⇨ Let’s call it a day around here. This much is enough for today
- 今日はどちらへお出掛けですか？ ⇨ Where are you going today?
- 今日は天気が良い ⇨ The weather is good today
- 良い子の皆さん今日は ⇨ Hello, you good kids!
- 今日はもう遅いから明日にしよう ⇨ There’s not much time left today, so let’s do it tomorrow
- 今日は僕の奢りだ ⇨ It is my treat today
- 今日はどうも体調が変だ ⇨ Today my body somehow feels strange, I don’t feel right
- この仕事を今日中に終えるのはしんどい ⇨ It is difficult to finish this work today
- 今日は五時で上りだ ⇨ I finish my work at 5 today
- 今日はゴミの回収日だ ⇨ Today is garbage collection day
- 今日のおかずは焼き魚だ ⇨ Tonight’s entree is fish
- 疲れているので今日は早めに寝る ⇨ I’m tired so I go to be early today