三箇日

Japanese
Kanji in this term
三 箇 日
さん
Grade: 1		 か > が
Grade: S		 にち
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
三が日
三ヶ日

Etymology

Literally the “three days”. 箇(か) (ka) is a counter for items suffixed to Sino-Japanese numerals. The -ka changes to -ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さんが​にち [sàńgáꜜnìchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ŋɡa̠ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Proper noun

三(さん)箇(が)日(にち) • (San ga Nichi) 

  1. the first three days of the first month, corresponding to January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the modern Japanese calendar

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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