一昨日
おととい
hepburn ototoi
day before yesterday
Part of speech · noun
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昨yesterday
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Examples
- 一昨日、京都に行きました。I went to Kyoto the day before yesterday.
- 一昨日は雨でした。It rained the day before yesterday.
Collocations
一昨日 (ototoi, day before yesterday)一昨日の朝 (ototoi no asa, morning before last)一昨日から (ototoi kara, since the day before yesterday)一昨年 (ototoshi, year before last)一昨日来やがれ (ototoi koiyagare, idiom: get lost)
Mnemonic
一昨日 ototoi — kanji literally "one + yesterday + day" = the day one step before yesterday. Same pattern in 一昨年 (ototoshi, year before last) and 一昨夜 (ototoya, night before last). Idiomatic insult 一昨日来やがれ ("come back the day before yesterday") = "get lost" — telling someone to come at an impossible time.
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