翌日
yokujitsu
The English phrase "next day" is translated into Japanese as 翌日 (yokujitsu).
翌日 refers to the day after a specific date or event that has already been mentioned.
What does it mean word for word?
The word 翌日 is composed of 翌, meaning "next" or "following" and 日, meaning "day".
Which one should you use?
Use 翌日 when referring to the day after a specific event or date mentioned in a narrative, rather than the literal tomorrow from the current moment. For that, you would use 明日.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
翌日 is more formal and literary than the colloquial expression 次の日. Note that 明日 (myōnichi) is also a formal expression, but it specifically means "tomorrow".
How do you pronounce it?
yokujitsu
Did you know?
- In historical texts or very formal documents, you may see the phrase 翌旦 (yokutan), which specifically means 'the next morning' rather than the whole day.
- The word 明日 can be read as ashita in conversation or asu in poetry and songs, changing the mood from casual to evocative.
- The character 翌 used in 翌日 is also used in the word 翌月 (yokugetsu) for 'the following month' and 翌年 (yokunen) for 'the following year'.
Examples in context
- その翌日、彼は去った。The next day he went away.This sentence shows how to use 翌日 to describe when someone went away.Tatoeba #206257 by small_snow, translation #43503 by mamat
- 翌日、トムは帰宅した。The next day, Tom came back home.This sentence shows how to use 翌日 to describe when someone went home.Tatoeba #10906808 by SomeHungryBois, translation #10363481 by CK
- 私は彼に翌日そこへ行くかどうかと聞いた。I asked him if he would go there the next day.This sentence shows how to use 翌日 when asking about a future action relative to a point in time.Tatoeba #154044 by bunbuku, translation #260500 by CK
- Kōshūkai wa myōnichi arimasu. (講習会は明日あります。)The seminar is tomorrow.
- Asu, tabe-ni ikimashō ka? (明日、食べに行きましょうか？)Shall we go out to eat tomorrow?
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Example conversation
Ren and Himari are talking about a past trip.
- 蓮 Renその翌日、雨が降ったんだ。Sono yokujitsu, ame ga futta n da.The next day, it rained.
- 陽葵 Himariじゃあ、旅行は大変だったね。Jaa, ryokou wa taihen datta ne.Then, the trip must have been tough.
- 蓮 Renうん、でも楽しかったよ。Un, demo tanoshikatta yo.Yeah, but it was fun.
- 陽葵 Himariそれは良かった。Sore wa yokatta.I'm glad to hear that.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
