今日（きょう）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: today
Example sentences
- 今日はとてもいい天気だ。 — The weather is really nice today.
- この仕事は今日中に終わらせたい。 — I want to finish this work today.
Idioms & proverbs containing “今日”
- 昨日の友は今日の敵 (きのうのともはきょうのてき) — a friend today may turn against you tomorrow
- 明日の百より今日の五十 (あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう) — a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
- 今日の一針、明日の十針 (きょうのひとはり、あすのとはり) — a stitch in time saves nine; one needle today, ten needles tomorrow
- 今日は人の身明日は我が身 (きょうはひとのみあすはわがみ) — what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
- 今日あって明日ない身 (きょうあってあすないみ) — life is transient; life is uncertain; memento mori
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- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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