明後日
あさって
hepburn asatte
day after tomorrow
Part of speech · noun
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Examples
- 明後日また会いましょう。Let's meet again the day after tomorrow.
- 明後日の予定は?What's your schedule for the day after tomorrow?
Collocations
明後日 (asatte, day after tomorrow)明後日の朝 (asatte no asa, morning of the day after)明後日から (asatte kara, starting the day after)明明後日 (shiasatte, two days after tomorrow)明後日の方向 (asatte no houkou, idiom: wildly off-target)
Mnemonic
明後日 asatte — kanji "tomorrow (明日) + after (後)" = the day after tomorrow. Mirrors ototoi (the day before yesterday). Idiom 明後日の方向 ("the day-after-tomorrow direction") = wildly off-target, off-topic — said of an answer or gaze that misses the point entirely. Time vocabulary metaphorically extending into space and logic.
Quick check
Meaning of the idiom 明後日の方向?