N3Prefix

🕐Time & Dates

昨さく

saku

last (year), yesterday

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Example sentence

彼女は昨週、旅にでた。

She set out on a trip last week.

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Kanji in 昨

yesterday, previous

Sentences with 昨

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
昨日	N5	きのう	きのうyesterday
昨夜	N5	ゆうべ	ゆうべlast night
一昨日	N5	おととい	おとといthe day before yesterday (casual)
一昨日	N2	いっさくじつ	いっさくじつday before yesterday (formal)
一昨年	N2	いっさくねん	いっさくねんyear before last
一昨昨日	N2	さきおととい	さきおとといtwo days before yesterday, three days ago

More Time & Dates words

Word	Reading	Meaning
日中	にっちゅう	にっちゅうdaytime, broad daylight
後	ご	ごafter / later (used in compounds, formal; e.g. 午後[ごご] = afternoon)
後	のち	のちafterwards / later / from then on (more literary/formal; e.g. 雨[あめ]のち晴れ[はれ] = rain then clear)
今日	こんにち	こんにちtoday, this day (formal)
一度に	いちどに	いちどにall at once
現在	げんざい	げんざいnow (same as 今 (いま)), present, current
今回	こんかい	こんかいthis time, now
夜	よ	よevening, night (used in compounds)

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