Illustration: Morning sunlight enters a Japanese dining room where a child in pajamas examines an instant photograph of the family's celebration the evening before. In the photograph, the same child wears a paper crown beside an intact rabbit-shaped cake, with darkness beyond the window.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

昨日きのう

kinou

yesterday

Also read さくじつ in formal speech. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 昨日きのうは暑あつかった。

    It was hot yesterday.

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  2. 昨日きのうは寒さむかった。

    It was cold yesterday.

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  3. 昨日きのう買かいました。

    I bought it yesterday.

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Kanji in 昨日

  • 昨yesterday; previousOnサク
  • 日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ

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