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► 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:
  • 仕事を今日中に仕上げなくてはいけない ⇨ I have to get my work done today
  • 今日はからっとれた ⇨ Today is sunny and pleasantly dry
  • 今日はがどんよりしている ⇨ The sky is covered with low dark clouds today
  • 今日はもうろうや ⇨ Let’s go home for today
  • あれ、今日仕事かなかったの? ⇨ Oh, you didn’t go to work today?
  • は今日病院当直している ⇨ He is on call at the hospital tonight
  • 動物園は今日は休園している ⇨ The zoo is closed today
  • 今日は一日中外なかった ⇨ I didn’t go outside all day today
  • 今日は外出らない ⇨ I just don’t feel like going out today
  • では今日からだ ⇨ On the calendar spring starts today
  • 今日は昨日とは打っわって雲一つ晴天だ ⇨ Today it is sunny with no clouds, completely different from yesterday
  • 今日はもうこのわりにしよう ⇨ Let’s stop the work at this level for today. This much is enough for today
  • 今日ののおかずはにしようか? ⇨ What do I make for dinner tonight?
  • 今日はこれでわりにしよう ⇨ Let’s call it the end, a day, today
  • 今日はいにべて飲んしんでさい ⇨ Please eat, drink a lot, and have a lot of fun today