adverb:

• by today; before the day is over

noun:

• Shrove Tuesday; pancake day

noun:

• obligatory gift chocolate; chocolate given by women to male acquaintances on Valentine's day ➜ 本命チョコ

noun:

• the Sabbath; the Lord's Day

noun:

• the Sabbath; the Lord's Day

noun:

• daytime work; day shift - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• in the end; at the end of the day

noun:

• late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year ➜ 二百十日・二百二十日・台風
• name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

expression:

• daily; day by day

noun:

• dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior - four character idiom

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

noun:

• half-holiday; taking half of the day off

noun:

• lussekatt; Scandinavian saffron bun traditionally eaten on St Lucy's Day - From Swedish

noun:

• waning gibbous moon; moon of the 19th day of the lunar month ➜ 臥待月

noun:

• daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

noun:

• holiday; anniversary; memorial day

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten - abbreviation ➜ 認定こども園

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

expression / noun:

• modern times; the modern age; this day and age