日々・日日|ひびhibi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
にちにちnichinichi
Which spelling to use
日々日々 is the most common written form and the recommended default for beginners; use it for the senses daily, everyday, and days such as one’s youth.
日日日日 is a less common kanji-only written variant of 日々; learners should generally choose 日々 instead.
Definitions
  1. no-adjectivedaily; everyday
    彼かれはどうやって日々ひびの生計せいけいをたてていたのですか。↗
    How did he earn his daily bread?
    日記にっきをつけることで日々ひびの生活せいかつに対たいする反省はんせいの機会きかいを得えることにもなる。↗
    Keeping a diary also gives us a chance to reflect on our daily life.
  2. noundays (e.g. of one's youth)
    私わたしたちが一緒いっしょに暮くらした楽たのしい日々ひびを覚おぼえている。↗
    I remember the happy days we spent together.
  3. adverbevery day; day after day; day by day; from day to day
    The price of vegetables varies from day to day.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 一いち日にち一日ついたち。ひび。毎日まいにち。副詞ふくし的てきにも用もちいられる。
  2. 日ひ。日数にっすう。
  3. 日ひ。日付ひづけ。
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