一両日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	両	日
いち Grade: 1	りょう Grade: 3	じつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
一兩日 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiɾʲo̞ːʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

一(いち)両(りょう)日(じつ) • (ichiryōjitsu) 

1. a day or two
2. today or tomorrow

   一(いち)両(りょう)日(じつ)中(ちゅう)に回(かい)答(とう)をお願(ねが)いします。

   Ichiryōjitsu-chū ni kaitō o onegai shimasu.

   Please reply by tomorrow.

3. tomorrow or the day after tomorrow

Usage notes

According to the survey by NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, younger people tend to grasp 一(いち)両(りょう)日(じつ) (ichiryōjitsu) as "today or tomorrow" and elder people do as "tomorrow or the day after".[1]