"三日" meaning in Japanese

See 三日 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mʲik̚ka̠] Forms: 三日 [canonical] (ruby: 三(みっ), 日(か)), mikka [romanization]
Etymology: Tensening of earlier 三日 (mika); by surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + 日 (ka, “days”, counter for days). Etymology templates: {{surf|ja|三|日|nocap=1|pos2=counter for days|t1=three|t2=days|tr1=mi|tr2=ka}} by surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + 日 (ka, “days”, counter for days) Head templates: {{ja-noun|みっか}} 三(みっ)日(か) • (mikka)
  1. the third day of the month
    Sense id: en-三日-ja-noun-tluIYPBO Categories (other): Day, Time Disambiguation of Day: 50 50 Disambiguation of Time: 69 31
  2. three days
    Sense id: en-三日-ja-noun-mlX3GRZw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Day, Three Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Day: 50 50 Disambiguation of Three: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 三日坊主 (mikkabōzu) (ruby: 三(みっ), 日(か), 坊(ぼう), 主(ず)), 三日天下 (mikkatenka) (ruby: 三(みっ), 日(か), 天(てん), 下(か)) 
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Download raw JSONL data for 三日 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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