► 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:
- 今日は街に人が多かった ⇨ There were so many people out there in the town today
- 今日はもう帰ろうや ⇨ Let’s go home for today
- 今日は！ ⇨ Good afternoon!
- 今日は快晴だ ⇨ Today is a beautiful sunny day
- 動物園は今日は休園している ⇨ The zoo is closed today
- 今日は御挨拶だけさせて頂きます ⇨ I would just like to say hello today
- 今日はもうこの辺で終わりにしよう ⇨ Let’s stop the work at this level for today. This much is enough for today
- 今日朝寝坊してしまった ⇨ I overslept this morning
- それは今日のうちに直しとくよ ⇨ I will finish repairing it by the end of the day
- 仕事を今日中に仕上げなくてはいけない ⇨ I have to get my work done today
- 彼女は今日はすごく不機嫌だ ⇨ She is in a very bad mood today
- 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
- 今日のおかずは焼き魚だ ⇨ Tonight’s entree is fish
- いつもは反抗的な彼女が今日は妙にしおらしい ⇨ She is usually rebellious but strangely obedient today
- 今日はついている ⇨ I’m lucky today. Today is my lucky day