► 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:
- 今日は天気が悪い ⇨ The weather is bad today
- 今日は予選で本戦は明日だ ⇨ Today is qualifications and the final race is tomorrow
- 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
- 今日の若者 (こんにち) ⇨ Today’s youth
- 彼は今日は妙に上機嫌だね ⇨ He is in really good mood somehow today
- 今日は波が荒い ⇨ Waves are rough today
- 彼は今日仕事を辞めたと事も無げに言った ⇨ He said he’d quit his job today matter-of-factly, like no big deal
- 彼は今日事務所にいないので、私が代わりにお話を聞いておきます ⇨ He is not in office today, so I will hear your story instead
- 私達は注文の品を今日出荷した ⇨ We shipped out the ordered item today
- 今日は八時間ぐっすり眠れた ⇨ I was able to sleep deeply for 8 hours today
- 今日はこれまでにしよう ⇨ Let’s end here for today
- 次の試合が直ぐなので今日の勝利を喜んでばかりいられない ⇨ The next game is coming right up so we can’t just be happy about the win today
- 今日は昨日とは打って変わって雲一つ無い晴天だ ⇨ Today it is sunny with no clouds, completely different from yesterday
- 今日はどうもしんどい ⇨ I am tired today somehow
- 今日はこの問題に焦点を絞りましょう ⇨ Let’s set the focus on this issue today