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Word of the Day

一(いち)日(にち)目(め)

Rank #22,134

Found in 308 VNs · 955 total media

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Meanings

first day (e.g. at work, school)
day one

Most found in

Fate/hollow ataraxia

12 occurrences

Most found in

Fate/hollow ataraxia

12 occurrences

Forms

一日目

55.4%

１日目

44.6%

いちにちめ

<0.1%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

―こうして、一日目が終了した。

Source: Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai! A-5

だから、一日目から学園内を歩き回って、見かけた知り合いに声をかけていた。

Source: Saimin Seishidou -Secret Lesson-

一日目も実は担ぎ込まれて、入ったのかもしれないが。

Source: Kao no nai Tsuki -Matsuyoi no Soutsubaki-

Kanji

一

one, one radical (no.1)

Heisig: one

N4Grade 11 strokes#4 freq

On'yomi

イチ、イツ

Kun'yomi

ひと-、ひと.つ

Common Compounds

択一(たくいつ)choosing one from among several, multiple choice

一員(いちいん)one person, one member

均一

Conjugations

Noun

Plain一日目だ

Is (plain)

Polite一日目です

Is (polite)

Negative一日目じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past一日目だった

Was (plain)

Past polite一日目でした

Was (polite)

Te-form一日目で

Connective

Conditional一日目なら(ば)

If it is

As subject一日目が

Subject marker

As topic一日目は

Topic marker

As object一日目を

Object marker

Possessive一日目の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

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Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

(きんいつ)

uniformity, equality

一同(いちどう)all present, all concerned, all of us

一昔(ひとむかし)an age (ago), a long time (ago), a decade (ago)

一瞬(いっしゅん)instant, moment, for an instant

一風(いっぷう)oddity, eccentricity, peculiarity

唯一(ゆいつ)only, sole, unique

日

Japan, counter for days, day, sun

Heisig: day

N4Grade 14 strokes#17 freq

On'yomi

ジツ、ニチ

Kun'yomi

-か、-び、ひ

Common Compounds

元日(がんじつ)New Year's Day

日曜(にちよう)Sunday

排日(はいにち)anti-Japanese

反日(はんにち)anti-Japanese

日給(にっきゅう)daily wages

日時(にちじ)date and time

曜日(ようび)day of the week

毎日(まいにち)every day

目

care, class, experience, eye, favor, insight, look

Heisig: eye

N4Grade 15 strokes#26 freq

On'yomi

ボク、モク

Kun'yomi

-め、ま-、め

Common Compounds

目蓋(まぶた)eyelid

目方(めかた)weight

目差(まなざし)(a) look, gaze

目下(もっか)at present, now

丁目(ちょうめ)district of a town, city block (of irregular size)

目薬(めぐすり)eye drops, eyewash

種目(しゅもく)item, event

目次(もくじ)table of contents, contents

Protagonist's Side Image Toggle

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playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf

密通

みっつうn · vsJul 23

adultery; illicit intercourse

社会科

しゃかいかnJul 22

social studies (school subject)

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