一日三秋

Chinese

 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
three
 
autumn; fall; harvest time
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (一日三秋)
simp. #(一日三秋)

Etymology

Short for 一日不見,如隔三秋一日不见,如隔三秋 (yīrìbùjiàn, rúgésānqiū).

Pronunciation


Idiom

一日三秋

  1. A single day apart seems like three years.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
じつ
Grade: 1
さん
Grade: 1
しゅう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from (いち) (ichi, one) + (じつ) (jitsu, day) + (さん) (san, three) + (しゅう) (shū, autumns).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちじつさんしゅう [ìchíjítsú sáńshúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕiʑit͡sɨᵝ sã̠ɰ̃ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

(いち)(じつ)(さん)(しゅう) • (ichijitsu sanshū) 

  1. waiting impatiently
  2. time dragging on

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

一日三秋 • (irilsamchu) (hangeul 일일삼추)

  1. Hanja form? of 일일삼추.
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