► 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:
- 店は今日は休みだった ⇨ The store was closed today
- 今日は何曜日？ ⇨ What day is today?
- ちなみに今日はフランスの革命記念日です ⇨ By the way today is an anniversary of French revolution
- さて、今日は何をしようかな ⇨ Well, what am I going to do today
- 今日はゴミの回収日だ ⇨ Today is garbage collection day
- 今日はなんか酒の回りが早い ⇨ Today alcohol somehow affects me more than usual
- 今日と言う今日は決着を付けよう ⇨ Let’s settle this once and for all this very day
- 今日は余り食べる気がしない ⇨ I don’t want to eat much, don’t have appetite, today
- 彼女は今日はやけに機嫌が良い ⇨ She is unusually upbeat today
- 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
- 今日はどうも運がついてるみたい ⇨ It seems I’m lucky today, today is my lucky day
- 今日は外出は気が乗らない ⇨ I just don’t feel like going out today
- 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
- 今日はもう帰ろうや ⇨ Let’s go home for today
- それは今日のうちに直しておきます ⇨ I will have it repaired by the end of the day