► 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:
- 今日は家に客が来る予定だ ⇨ Today I will have guests at home
- 今日は五時で上りだ ⇨ I finish my work at 5 today
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 交渉は今日が山場だ ⇨ Today is the critical part of the negotiation
- 彼は今日病院で当直している ⇨ He is on call at the hospital tonight
- 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
- 今日は街に人が多かった ⇨ There were so many people out there in the town today
- 今日はゴミの回収日だ ⇨ Today is garbage collection day
- それを今日中にやるなんてとても無理だ ⇨ There is no way we could get it done today
- 今日は曇っている ⇨ It is cloudy today
- 今日は僕の奢りだ ⇨ It is my treat 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
- 仕事があるから今日は行けない ⇨ I got work so I can’t go today