Keyword
previous
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1222
Readings
さく
(97%)
さっ
(1%)
Composed of
sun
while
Mnemonic

While the sun is shining and everything is perfect we can forget about all of the bad things that happened the previous day.

Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
yesterday
last night; yesterday evening
day before yesterday
nowadays; recently
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
year before last
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
last (year); yesterday
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
yesterday evening; last night
one previous
night before last
only recently; just recently; only yesterday
autumn of last year; fall of last year
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)
yesterday morning
last summer; summer of last year
summer of last year
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
a friend today may turn against you tomorrow
two years before last (year); three years back (ago)
last spring; the spring of last year
night before last
last winter
today and yesterday; (something that happened) only yesterday (just recently)
two years before last (year); three years back (ago)
last season (e.g. in sports); equivalent season last year
early yesterday morning
two nights before last
two nights before last
complete reversal of values or ways of thinking
yesterday's paper
complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways
Examples (200 in total)
"I'll do it tomorrow." "You said that yesterday!"
Will you show me what you bought yesterday?
Did you buy it today or yesterday?