Word Meaning 一昨日

おとつい ototsui

一昨日 is read as おとつい (ototsui) and means day before yesterday.

Meaning

English

  1. day before yesterday

Reading

Kana

おとつい

Romaji

ototsui

Writing Variants

  • 一昨日 いっさくじつ issakujitsu
  • 一昨日 おととい ototoi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 明後日 Rank 210 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一昨々日

さきおとつい

two days before yesterday

一昨日来やがれ

おとといきやがれ

don't you ever come here again!

一日

いちじつ

1st day of the month

一日

いっぴ

1st day of the month

一昨年

おととし

year before last

一昨

いっさく

one previous

一昨々年

さいととし

two years before last (year)

一昨々

いっさくさく

three (days, years, etc.) ago

一昨夜

いっさくや

night before last

一昨々夜

いっさくさくや

two nights before last

一昨晩

いっさくばん

night before last

昨日

きのう

yesterday

Example Sentences

10

Two days ago the wind blew.

The day before yesterday was Monday.

Did you read the email I sent you a couple days ago?

I arrived at Narita the day before yesterday.

I finished my homework the day before yesterday.

The day before yesterday was a tough day.

The day before yesterday was very cold.

"When did you return?" "I came back the day before yesterday."

Tom hasn't slept at all since the day before yesterday.

My friends came to see me the day before yesterday.