Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
あさって
Grade: 2 Grade: 2 Grade: 1
jukujikun

/asate//asat̚te/

Shift from earlier asate (see Etymology 2 below).[1][2]

The kanji spelling is from myōgonichi (see Etymology 3 below).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

明後日(あさって) (asatte

  1. (colloquial) the day after tomorrow
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Idioms edit
Proverbs edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
あさて
Grade: 2 Grade: 2 Grade: 1
jukujikun

/asu sarite//asːarʉte//asate/

Apparently recorded in the 名語記 (Myōgoki) etymology dictionary of 1263 as a shift from asusate, in turn from 明日去りて (asu sarite), itself a compound of 明日 (asu, tomorrow) +‎ 去りて (sarite, modern 去って (satte), the conjunctive form of 去る (saru), “to pass).[4]

The kanji spelling is from myōgonichi (see Etymology 3).

Noun edit

明後日(あさて) (asate

  1. (archaic) the day after tomorrow
    • c. 10011014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Akashi)
      あさてばかりになりて、(れい)のやうにいたくもふかさで(わた)りたまへり。
      Asate bakari ni narite, rei no yō ni itaku mo fukasa de watari-tamaeri.
      (please add an English translation of this example)
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Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
みょう
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
にち
Grade: 1
goon

From 明後 (myōgo-, the ... after next ...) +‎ (nichi, day).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(みょう)()(にち) (myōgonichiみやうごにち (myaugoniti)?

  1. (formal) the day after tomorrow
    Synonym: 明後 (myōgo)
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Coordinate terms edit

(Time)
~ -3 −2 −1 0 +1 +2 Continual
Day 一昨昨日 一昨日 昨日 今日 明日 明後日 毎日
Morning 一昨朝 昨朝 今朝 明朝 毎朝
Night 一昨晩 昨晩 今晩 明晩 毎晩
Week 先々週 先週 今週 来週 再来週 毎週
Month 先々月 先月 今月 来月 再来月 毎月
Year 一昨昨年 一昨年 去年 今年 来年 再来年 毎年

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, Etymology Derivation Dictionary) (in Japanese), entry available online here