► 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:
- 今日はこれぐらいにしようか？ ⇨ How about calling it a day for today?
- 今日はからっと晴れた ⇨ Today is sunny and pleasantly dry
- 今日はすごく蒸す ⇨ It is very muggy today
- 今日は三時で仕事を切り上げた ⇨ I finished up my work, called it a day, at 3PM today
- 今日が今年の仕事納めだ ⇨ Today is the last work day of the year
- 今日は仕事が早く引けた ⇨ The work ended early 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
- 今日の所はこの辺にしておこう ⇨ Let’s stop around here for today. Let’s call it a day today
- 今日は都合が悪い ⇨ Today is not convenient for me
- 今日はてっきり木曜日だと思っていた ⇨ I certainly believed (erroneously) that today was Thursday
- 今日はこれで終わりにしよう ⇨ Let’s call it the end, a day, today
- 今日の御勧めの品 ⇨ The recommended item of the day
- 今日のおかずは焼き魚だ ⇨ Tonight’s entree is fish
- 彼女は今日はやけに機嫌が良い ⇨ She is unusually upbeat today
- 今日は！ ⇨ Good afternoon!