明日（あした）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: tomorrow
Example sentences
- 明日、大事な試験がある。 — I have an important exam tomorrow.
- 明日は早く起きるつもりだ。 — I plan to get up early tomorrow.
Idioms & proverbs containing “明日”
- 明日は我が身 (あすはわがみ) — what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
- 明日という日もある (あしたというひもある) — tomorrow is another day; there's always tomorrow
- 明日は明日の風が吹く (あしたはあしたのかぜがふく) — tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow
- 明日やろうは馬鹿野郎 (あしたやろうはばかやろう) — never put off until tomorrow what you can do today; (he who says) 'let's do it tomorrow' is a moron
- 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
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