一日

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 一日は元日です。▶ —
   The first of the month is New Years Day.
2. 毎月一日に給料が出る。▶ —
   My salary lands on the first of every month.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Tsuitachi (一日) means "the 1st of the month" — same kanji as ichinichi ("one full day") but a special reading. Japanese cluster: (1) ganjitsu (元日, New Years Day on Jan 1, public holiday, with hatsu-hinode first-sunrise viewings); (2) tsuitachi mairi (shrine visit on the 1st of each month, a merchant-luck custom kept by veteran shopkeepers); (3) tsuki-hajime (start of the month — many salaries land on either the 1st or the 25th, written as "1日 25日 給料日"). Edo-era etymology: tsuitachi comes from tsuki-tachi ("the moon rises"), marking the start of a lunar cycle. Learner trap: same 一日 kanji splits into tsuitachi (1st) vs ichinichi (whole day) by reading. JLPT N5 plus month cluster opener.

Quick check

1. The reading trap of tsuitachi (一日)?

   • Same 一日 splits into tsuitachi (1st of month) vs ichinichi (whole day)
   • Both characters use on-yomi
   • Unified kun-yomi
   • Katakana required