三日

Japanese
Kanji in this term
三 日
みっ
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
3日

Etymology

Tensening of earlier 三日 (mika); by surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) +‎ 日 (ka, “days”, counter for days).

Pronunciation

Noun

三(みっ)日(か) • (mikka) 

  1. the third day of the month
  2. three days
    発(はつ)売(ばい)まであと3(みっ)日(か)
    hatsubai made ato mikka
    three days until release

Derived terms

See also
Japanese number-counter combinations for 日
1(st) 2(nd) 3(rd) 4(th) 5(th) 6(th) 7(th) 8(th) 9(th) 10(th)
How many? 一(いち)日(にち) (ichinichi) 二(ふつ)日(か) (futsuka) 三(みっ)日(か) (mikka) 四(よっ)日(か) (yokka) 五(いつ)日(か) (itsuka) 六(むい)日(か) (muika) 七(なの)日(か) (nanoka)
七(なぬ)日(か) (nanuka)		 八(よう)日(か) (yōka) 九(ここの)日(か) (kokonoka) 十(とお)日(か) (tōka)
What day? 一日(ついたち) (tsuitachi)
一(いっ)日(ぴ) (ippi)
11(th) 12(th) 13(th) 14(th) 15(th) 16(th) 17(th) 18(th) 19(th) 20(th)
十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち) (jūichinichi) 十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち) (jūninichi) 十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち) (jūsannichi) 十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か) (jūyokka) 十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち) (jūgonichi) 十(じゅう)六(ろく)日(にち) (jūrokunichi) 十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち) (jūshichinichi) 十(じゅう)八(はち)日(にち) (jūhachinichi) 十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち) (jūkunichi) 二十(はつ)日(か) (hatsuka)
24(th) 27(th) 29(th) 30(th) 40(th) 50(th) 100(th) 1,000(th) 10,000(th)  ?
二(に)十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か) (nijūyokka) 二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち) (nijūshichinichi) 二(に)十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち) (nijūkunichi) 三(さん)十(じゅう)日(にち) (sanjūnichi)
三(み)十(そ)日(か) (misoka)		 四(し)十(じゅう)日(にち) (shijūnichi)
四(よ)十(そ)日(か) (yosoka)		 五(ご)十(じゅう)日(にち) (gojūnichi)
五十(い)日(か) (ika)		 百(ひゃく)日(にち) (hyakunichi)
百(もも)日(か) (momoka)		 千(せん)日(にち) (sennichi) 一(いち)万(まん)日(にち) (ichimannichi) 何(なん)日(にち) (nannichi)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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