三箇日

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
か > が
Grade: S
にち
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
三が日
三ヶ日
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Etymology[edit]

Literally the “three days”. () (ka) is a counter for items suffixed to Sino-Japanese numerals. The -ka changes to -ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(さん)()(にち) (San ga Nichi

  1. the first three days of the first month, corresponding to January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the modern Japanese calendar

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN