► 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:
- 明日御邪魔させて頂きます ⇨ Please allow me to visit you tomorrow
- 明日御社に御伺い致します ⇨ I will visit your company tomorrow
- 明日寄ります ⇨ I will stop by tomorrow
- 明日でいい？うん、いいよ ⇨ Can it be tomorrow? Yeah, it’s OK
- 今やる？それとも明日にする？ ⇨ Are we going to do it now? Or do it tomorrow?
- 明日までに書類を提出しなくてはならない ⇨ I have to submit the documents by tomorrow
- 今日が御通夜で明日が御葬式です ⇨ The vigil is today and the funeral is tomorrow
- それから明日のことだけど… ⇨ And, by the way, about tomorrow …
- 最終試験はいよいよ明日だ ⇨ The day of the final exam will finally arrive tomorrow
- 明日一杯予定が詰まっている ⇨ My schedule is full today and tomorrow
- 今日は予選で本戦は明日だ ⇨ Today is qualifications and the final race is tomorrow
- 明日では遅い ⇨ If it is tomorrow it is too late. Tomorrow is too late
- 私は明日まで待つことにした ⇨ I decided to wait until tomorrow
- 明日までに書類を提出しなければならない ⇨ I have to submit the documents by tomorrow
- それは明日一番にやろう ⇨ Let’s do it the first thing tomorrow