日々・日日|ひびhibi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- no-adjectivedaily; everyday
- noundays (e.g. of one's youth)
- adverbevery day; day after day; day by day; from day to day
- Synonym日ひNeutral「日」 is a single day, or the sun itself, as in 「その日」; 「日々」 covers the day-to-day routine rather than any one day.
- Related月日つきひNeutral「月日」 means the years, time as it passes — 「月日が流れる」 — with the focus on the flow of time, not on daily life.
Use 「日々」 for the everyday, day after day — 「日々の生活」「日々努力する」. Pick 「日」 for a single day and 「月日」 when speaking of the years slipping by.
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