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一昨日

JLPT N5 · Vocabulary

一昨日 — “the day before yesterday”

一昨日 (read おととい) means the day before yesterday. It appears on the JLPT N5 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

おととい

Meaning

the day before yesterday

一昨日 in a sentence

一昨いっさく日ひ、雨あめでした。

It rained the day before yesterday.

The kanji in 一昨日

一one
昨yesterday's, past
日sun; day

Words that share a kanji with 一昨日

一いち— one
一日いちにち— one day (duration)
一番いちばん— best (most), first, number one
一緒いっしょ— together
一つひとつ— one thing
一月ひとつき— one month
一人ひとり— one person
一度いちど— once, one time

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