Kanji

昨

yesterday, previous

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

日部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

サク

Common Readings

サク

Example sentences

昨日 きのう
昨日は一日中雨が降っていました。

It was raining all day yesterday.

買う かう
昨日、新しいパソコンを買った。

I bought a new computer yesterday.

昨夜 ゆうべ
昨夜は遅くまで勉強していた。

I was studying until late last night.

激しい はげしい
昨夜は激しい雨が降った。

It rained heavily last night.

昨晩 さくばん
昨晩は遅くまで仕事をしていた。

I was working until late last night.

このため このため
昨晩は激しい雨が降った。このため、河川が増水している。

It rained heavily last night. Because of this, the river level is rising.

一昨日 おととい
一昨日は雨が降っていた。

It was raining the day before yesterday.

昨年 さくねん
昨年に比べ、今年は雪が多い。

Compared to last year, there is more snow this year.

たか
今年の米の生産高は、昨年を大幅に上回った。

This year's rice production exceeded last year's by a large margin.

昨日の今日 きのうのきょう
昨日の今日で、もう彼の意見が変わった。

His opinion already changed, just yesterday.

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