一日中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	日	中
いち Grade: 1	にち Grade: 1	ちゅう > じゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 一(いち)日(にち) (ichinichi, “one day”) + 中(ちゅう) (chū, “throughout”). The chū changes to jū as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちにちじゅう [ìchíníchíjúú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕiʑɨː]

Noun

一(いち)日(にち)中(じゅう) • (ichinichijū) ^{←いちにちぢゆう (itinitidyuu)^?}

all day, throughout the day, sunrise to sunset, around the clock