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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
date / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
calendar / CL: 張|张,
HSK 4
day-to-day; daily; everyday
HSK 3
day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life
HSK 2
diary / CL: 則|则, ,
HSK 4
daily newspaper
HSK 2
Japanese language
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *日* | 日* | *日
abbr. for 日本, Japan
Japan-US
schedule / itinerary / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
Rizhao, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
routine
(geopolitics) Japanese occupation (of Taiwan etc)
day and night / around the clock
HSK 6
Japanese person or people
the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood
yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)
Japan
day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day
HSK 7-9
daily schedule
day after day
HSK 7-9
Japanese goods
familiarity breeds fondness (idiom)
household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic
Japanese cuisine (abbr. for 日本料理)
sunlight
solar eclipse
total eclipse of the sun
Japanese news media
sun, moon and the five visible planets
(increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually
HSK 7-9
sunbathing
sunrise
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
to do a good deed every day
Japanese style
to accumulate over a long period of time
Japan Airlines (JAL)
sundown / sunset
Japanese army / Japanese troops
Yakuza (Japanese mafia)
sunset
sometime / someday (in the future)
HSK 7-9
NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company
Japanese rice wine / sake
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
to travel day and night
increasing by the day
NEC (Nippon Electronic Company) / abbr. for 日電電子|日电电子
lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) / fig. exposed to the elements
daily active users (of a website, service etc)
(meteorology) diurnal range (temperature, humidity etc)
fluorescent light
Yogyakarta, city of Java, Indonesia, and capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta 日惹特區|日惹特区
Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
articles for daily use / CL: , 個|个
Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
journal / log (computing)
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
Emperor of Japan
(bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
the era of Japanese occupation
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
HSK 7-9
daytime
daily expenses / of everyday use
Nissan, Japanese car make / also transliterated 尼桑
the sun's corona
sunshine
daily wage
Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
no time to spare (idiom)
more flourishing by the day
(attributive) of Japanese origin
Japanese sword / katana
(bird species of China) Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)
Nikkei, abbr. for Nikkei Shimbun 日本經濟新聞|日本经济新闻 / abbr. for Nikkei 225 index 日經指數|日经指数
sundial
in constant progress
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
Kyōdō, Japanese news agency
Hibiya Park in central Tokyo
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
corona
of Japanese descent
Japan and Korea
(idiom) for a long period of time; for a number of years
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline / at a dead end
egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu)
Bank of Japan
Nikkei 225 stock market index
lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb) / fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life
Japanese person; the Japanese
Han dynasty province in Vietnam
date stamp
the years have slipped by
solstice / the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至

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