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一日三秋

一日三秋

Chinese

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one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)

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day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)

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autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing

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Idiom

一日三秋

  1. a single day apart seems like three years

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
じつ
Grade: 1
さん
Grade: 1
しゅう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

one + 日 day + 三 three + 秋 autumns

Noun

一日三秋 (hiragana いちじつさんしゅう, romaji ichijitsu sanshū)

  1. waiting impatiently
  2. time dragging on

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