► 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:
- 明日やればいいさ ⇨ I’ll do it tomorrow and it’ll be fine
- それから明日のことだけど… ⇨ And, by the way, about tomorrow …
- 明日御邪魔させて頂きます ⇨ Please allow me to visit you tomorrow
- 残りの仕事は明日やろう ⇨ Let’s do the remaining work tomorrow
- 明日は予定が入っている ⇨ I have something planned tomorrow
- 私達は明日出発する事にした ⇨ We decided to leave tomorrow
- 宿題は明日の朝一番に提出のこと ⇨ The homework must be submitted the first thing tomorrow morning
- 明日は晴れの予想だ ⇨ Tomorrow’s forecast is sunny
- 明日歯医者に行かなくてはいけない ⇨ I have to go to the dentist tomorrow
- 明日は移動日だ ⇨ Tomorrow is a travel day
- 今やる？それとも明日にする？ ⇨ Are we going to do it now? Or do it tomorrow?
- 明日は大雪の予報だ ⇨ It is forecasted to be a heavy snow tomorrow
- 最終試験はいよいよ明日だ ⇨ The day of the final exam will finally arrive tomorrow
- 明日じゃ遅い ⇨ If it is tomorrow it is too late. Tomorrow is too late
- 明日一杯予定が詰まっている ⇨ My schedule is full today and tomorrow