二日

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二	日
ふた > ふつ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
2日

/putuka/ → /fut͡suka/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.

Analyzable as a compound of 二 (futsu, “two”, irregular reading, apparently a shift from expected reading futa) +‎ 日 (ka, “day”, uncommon variant only occurring in certain compounds of ancient derivation).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふつか [fùtsúká] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝka̠]

Noun

二(ふつ)日(か) • (futsuka) 

1. [from 720] two days, a two-day period
2. [from early 900s] the second day after some set point in time
3. [from late 900s] the second day of the month
4. [from 1786] (historical) during the Edo period, the two-day period of the day of 大祭 (taisai, “major festivals”) and the preceding day's 宵祭り (yoi matsuri, “eve-festivals”)
5. [from 1811] short for 二日灸 (futsuka-kyū), moxibustion traditionally performed on the second of February or August in the belief that this conferred year-long good health

Derived terms

• 二日酔(ふつかよ)い (futsuka yoi, “a hangover”, literally “two-day intoxication”)
• 二日(ふつか)心(ごころ) (futsukagokoro)
• 二日(ふつか)灸(きゅう) (futsukakyū)
• 二日(ふつか)月(づき) (futsukazuki)
• 二日(ふつか)払(ばら)い (futsuka barai)

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)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	日
ふた Grade: 1	ひ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 二 (futa, “two”, used in counting) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”). Generally only found in instances of counting, as in ひとひふたひ (hitohi futahi, “one day, two days...”).

First cited in 1746.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠çi]

Noun

二(ふた)日(ひ) • (futahi) 

1. [from 1746] (archaic, possibly obsolete) two days, a two-day period