VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

日

にち

hepburn nichi

counter for days, day of the month

Part of speech · counter / noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

一日中働いた。
I worked all day.
日本に住んでいます。
I live in Japan.

Collocations

日 (nichi / hi / jitsu, day / sun)一日 (ichinichi / tsuitachi, one day / first)日記 (nikki, diary)日本 (Nihon, Japan)祝日 (shukujitsu, national holiday)

Mnemonic

Nichi (日) is "day / sun." 日 reading matrix (from nichiyoubi): nichi (day names, Nihon), jitsu (heijitsu, shu-jitsu), hi (Yamato). Ichinichi split: tsuitachi (1st, Yamato) vs ichinichi (one day, on-yomi). Compounds: nikki, Nihon, nicchuu, senjitsu, heijitsu, shukujitsu. Shukujitsu-hou (National Holidays Act, 1948) defines 16 holidays — Ganjitsu, Seijin-no-hi, Kenkoku-kinenbi, Tennou-tanjoubi, Shunbun-no-hi, Showa-no-hi, Kenpou-kinenbi, Midori-no-hi, Kodomo-no-hi, Umi-no-hi, Yama-no-hi, Keirou-no-hi, Shuubun-no-hi, Sports-no-hi (renamed 2020), Bunka-no-hi, Kinrou-kansha-no-hi. Korean nal, Chinese ri diverge. JLPT N5 nichi integrates with holiday cluster.

Quick check

Shukujitsu-hou year and count?