明後日

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
明 後 日
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
  • (Tokyo) あさ​って [àsáꜜttè] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [a̠sa̠t̚te̞]

Noun

明後日(あさって) • (asatte) 

  1. (colloquial) the day after tomorrow
Derived terms
Idioms
  • 明後日(あさって)の方(ほう)を向(む)く (asatte no hō o muku)
Proverbs
  • 明後日(あさって)紺(こう)屋(や)に今(こん)度(ど)鍛冶(かじ)屋(や) (asatte kōya ni kondo kajiya)
  • 紺(こう)屋(や)の明後日(あさって) (kōya no asatte)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
明 後 日
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

明後日(あさて) • (asate) 

  1. (archaic) the day after tomorrow
    • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Akashi)
      あさてばかりになりて、例(れい)のやうにいたくもふかさで渡(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)
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
明 後 日
みょう
Grade: 2		 ご
Grade: 2		 にち
Grade: 1
goon

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みょーご​にち [myòógóꜜnìchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [mʲo̞ːɡo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

明(みょう)後(ご)日(にち) • (myōgonichi) ←みやうごにち (myaugoniti)?

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

Coordinate terms
時 (“Time”)
~−3−2−10+1+2Continual
Day 日一昨昨日一昨日昨日今日明日明後日毎日
Morning 朝—一昨朝昨朝今朝明朝—毎朝
Night 晩—一昨晩昨晩今晩明晩—毎晩
Week 週—先々週先週今週来週再来週毎週
Month 月—先々月先月今月来月再来月毎月
Year 年一昨昨年一昨年去年今年来年再来年毎年

See also
  • 翌(よく)翌(よく)日(じつ) (yokuyokujitsu)

References
  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 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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