► 名詞
一日 [いちにち] meaning: day rank: 1
☆ この仕事を一日でやるのは無理だ ⇨ It is impossible to get this work done in one day (☛ One day. Often pronounced いちんち in conversation)
一日 [ついたち] meaning: one rank: 1
☆ 一月一日 ⇨ January first (☛ The first day of a month only. The first day of an even is “初日” and “One day” is “いちにち”)
More examples:
- 彼は勉強そっち退けで一日中ゲームをしている ⇨ He is playing games all day, ignoring his study
- 会費は毎月一日に徴収される ⇨ The membership fee is collected on the 1st day of each month
- 一日十分運動するだけでも大きな効果が有る ⇨ There will be a big effect when you work out even just 10 minutes a day
- 一日に三回点眼して下さい ⇨ Apply this medication to your eyes three times a day
- 明日は一日中雨が降るでしょう ⇨ Tomorrow it will rain all day
- この法律は六月一日付で施行される ⇨ This law will be implemented on June 1
- 会員費は毎月一日に徴集される ⇨ The membership fee will be collected on the first day of each month
- 猛暑の中で一日中働いてメロメロになった ⇨ I worked all day under intense heat and got exhausted
- 一日中歩いて足が棒になった ⇨ I walked all day and my legs have become sticks, dead tired
- 郵便局員は一日一度集荷する ⇨ Postal workers come collect parcels once a day
- 彼は一日数回礼拝する ⇨ He prays to God several times a day
- オリンピックは七月一日に開会した ⇨ The Olympics started on July first
- 彼女は一日中店で忙しく立ち働いている ⇨ She is busily working all day at the store
- 彼等は一日中議論したが何の合意にも達しなかった ⇨ They discussed, argued, all day long but didn’t reach any agreement
- 山田家の一日 ⇨ A typical day of Yamada family, household