Meaning of 昨日(きのう) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 昨日 JLPT 5

Kana Reading きのう, さくじつ

Romaji kinō, sakujitsu

Example Sentences

昨日, きのう, さくじつ used in context

昨日(きのう)、ひょんなことで父親(ちちおや)の戸籍抄本(こせきしょうほん)のコピーを見て(みる)しまいました(しまう)。

Yesterday I stumbled across a copy of my father's family register.
残念ながら(ざんねんながら)昨日(きのう)はご覧の通り(ごらんのとおり)の結果(けっか)となりました。

Unfortunately, the results yesterday were as you see.
「ウィキペディアを引用(いんよう)するな」という主張(しゅちょう)が昨日(きのう)だか一昨日(きのう)だかの朝日新聞(あさひしんぶん)に載っていた。

The exhortation "Don't quote Wikipedia" was included in the Asahi newspaper of yesterday or the day before.
昨日(きのう)ゆっくり休んだ分(ふん)、今日(きょう)は頭(とう)が冴えている(さえる)。

I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.
昨日(きのう)の易者(えきしゃ)の占い(うらない)なんか気にする(きにする)ことないよ。

What that fortuneteller said yesterday is nothing to be concerned about.
今日(きょう)の授業(じゅぎょう)は連立不等式(れんりつふとうしき)の続き(つづき)です。昨日(きのう)と同じく(おなじく)ｘとｙにする領域(りょういき)で表して(あらわす)みましょう(みる)。

Today's class continues with inequalities. Like yesterday try to display the domains in x and y.

Study lists that include this entry

Kanji found in this word

昨 JLPT 3

yesterday, previous

On: サク

9 strokes

日 JLPT 5

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

On: ニチ, ジツ

Kun: ひ, -び, -か

4 strokes

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