2日

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
日
か Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 2日 – see the following entry.

【二日ふつか】

[noun] [from 720] two days, a two-day period

[noun] [from early 900s] the second day after some set point in time

[noun] [from late 900s] the second day of the month

[noun] [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”)

[noun] [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

(This term, 2日, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)