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一昨日 (おととい): the day before yesterday — Japanese vocabulary

一昨日 is read おととい and means "the day before yesterday". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

一昨日

Reading
おととい · ototoi
Translation
the day before yesterday
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
おとといが

Example

一昨日、デパートへ行きました。

おととい、デパートへいきました。

I went to the department store the day before yesterday.

Kanji in this word

  • 一 — one
  • 昨 — yesterday, previous
  • 日 — day, sun, Japan

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