What does 昨日 mean in Japanese?

昨日 (きのう) means "yesterday" in Japanese. It is a JLPT N5 level vocabulary word in the time category.

How do you pronounce 昨日?

昨日 is read as きのう (romanized: kinou).

昨日

きのう

kinou

yesterday

🕐 Time & Calendar Words • JLPT N5

昨日、映画を見ました。

I watched a movie yesterday.

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