► 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:
- 一日中歩き回って疲れちゃった ⇨ I walked around all day and I’m really tired
- 一日中働いてくたびれた ⇨ I worked all day and I am spent
- 一日中働いた後やっと食事にありついた ⇨ I finally got something to eat after working all day long
- 彼は一日中仕事をしている ⇨ He is working all day
- 彼女は一日中ベラベラ喋っている ⇨ She blah-blahs all day long
- 私は毎日一日中座ったままだ ⇨ I sit all day every day
- 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
- 気温は一日中氷点の上にあった ⇨ The temperature was above the freezing point all day
- 一日に三回点眼して下さい ⇨ Apply this medication to your eyes three times a day
- 私は一日二食しかしない ⇨ I only have two meals a day
- 一日中会議して何の仕事も片付かない ⇨ Have meetings all day and no work is getting done
- 一日二回の歯磨きを習慣付けることが大切だ (しゅうかんづける) ⇨ It is important to make a habit of brushing teeth twice a day
- 東京行きは一日三便有る ⇨ There are three Tokyo-bound flights per day
- 山田家の一日 ⇨ A typical day of Yamada family, household
- 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