► 名詞
明日 [あした] meaning: future rank: 1
☆ 明日の社会 ⇨ The society of tomorrow, the future (☛ Slightly more colloquial than “あす”)
明日 [あした] meaning: tomorrow rank: 1
☆ 明日は日曜日です ⇨ Tomorrow is Sunday (☛ Slightly more colloquial than “あす”)
☆ 書類は明日送ります ⇨ I will send the documents tomorrow (☛ Slightly more colloquial than “あす”)
明日 [(2)あす] meaning: future rank: 1
☆ 彼女は明日のスターになることを夢見ている ⇨ She dreams about becoming a star of the future (☛ Slightly more literary than ”あした”)
明日 [(2)あす] meaning: tomorrow rank: 1
☆ 明日またお目にかかります ⇨ I will see you again tomorrow (☛ Slightly more literary than ”あした”)
明日 [(1)みょうにち] [liter] meaning: tomorrow rank: 3
☆ では明日また御伺い致します ⇨ Then I will come visit again tomorrow (☛ A literary, slightly archaic form. Never used as “future”)
More examples:
- 彼は明日出国予定だ ⇨ He is to leave the country tomorrow
- 続きは明日にしよう ⇨ Let’s continue, resume, tomorrow
- 明日寄ります ⇨ I will stop by tomorrow
- 映画に行くのは明日にした ⇨ We decided to go to the movies tomorrow
- 明日は晴れの予想だ ⇨ Tomorrow’s forecast is sunny
- 明日は雪だそうだ ⇨ They are saying it will snow tomorrow
- チームは決勝を明日に控えて最後の練習をした ⇨ The team went through a final practice before the final coming up tomorrow
- 明日は雨だろう ⇨ It will probably rain tomorrow
- 明日御社に御伺い致します ⇨ I will visit your company tomorrow
- 勝手ながら明日は休業させて頂きます ⇨ We apologize (for our selfishness), but we will be closed tomorrow
- 宿題は明日の朝一番に提出のこと ⇨ The homework must be submitted the first thing tomorrow morning
- 今日は予選で本戦は明日だ ⇨ Today is qualifications and the final race is tomorrow
- 明日御邪魔させて頂きます ⇨ Please allow me to visit you tomorrow
- 明日は一日中雨が降るでしょう ⇨ Tomorrow it will rain all day
- 明日までにやるなんてとても無理だ ⇨ There is no way we get this done by tomorrow