► 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:
- 明日御社に御伺い致します ⇨ I will visit your company tomorrow
- 明日御邪魔させて頂きます ⇨ Please allow me to visit you tomorrow
- チームは決勝を明日に控えて最後の練習をした ⇨ The team went through a final practice before the final coming up tomorrow
- 明日試験がある ⇨ There will be an exam tomorrow
- 明日になれば彼女はまた気が変わる ⇨ When tomorrow comes she will change her mind
- 勝手ながら明日は休業させて頂きます ⇨ We apologize (for our selfishness), but we will be closed tomorrow
- 明日の試合では力一杯戦うつもりだ ⇨ I will fight to the best of my ability in the game tomorrow
- 明日じゃ遅い ⇨ If it is tomorrow it is too late. Tomorrow is too late
- この仕事を明日までに仕上げるのはちょっと苦しい ⇨ It is a little too difficult to finish this work by tomorrow
- 明日は雨になると予報されている ⇨ It is forecasted that it will rain tomorrow
- 明日は移動日だ ⇨ Tomorrow is a travel day
- 明日の準備をしなくてはいけない ⇨ I have to do tomorrow’s preparation
- 明日は晴れの予想だ ⇨ Tomorrow’s forecast is sunny
- 明日は我が身だ ⇨ Tomorrow it could be me (so I should be careful, prepared, etc.)
- それから明日のことだけど… ⇨ And, by the way, about tomorrow …