Onyomi: サク · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: previous, yesterday
Kanji for previous, yesterday
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昨 is formed from 日, meaning “day,” on the left, and 乍 on the right. The day element relates to time, while 乍 originally carried the sense of something short or momentary. Together, they express a day that has just passed. From this idea, 昨 came to mean yesterday or the previous day.
昨 shows a past day, meaning yesterday.
昨 is used when referring to the day just before today. It connects directly to time that has already passed. Remember 昨 as the previous day, not the present one.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 昨 | さく | last (year), yesterday | Prefix |
| 昨日 | きのう | yesterday | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨夜 | ゆうべ | last night, yesterday evening | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N5 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨年 | さくねん | last year | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨今 | さっこん | these days, nowadays, recently, lately | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨年度 | さくねんど | previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.) | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨秋 | さくしゅう | autumn of last year, fall of last year | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨晩 | さくばん | last night | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 昨週 | さくしゅう | last week | Noun |
| 昨春 | さくしゅん | last spring, the spring of last year | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |