# 二日
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 二 | 日 |
| ふた > ふつ Grade: 1 | か Grade: 1 |
| irregular | kun'yomi |
* Alternative spelling
* 2日
/putuka/ → /fut͡suka/
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.
Analyzable as a compound of 二 (futsu, “two”, irregular reading, apparently a shift from expected reading futa) +‎ 日 (ka, “day”, uncommon variant only occurring in certain compounds of ancient derivation).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふつか [fùtsúká] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟t͡sɨka̠]

#### Noun

二(ふつ)日(か) • (futsuka)
* [from 720] two days, a two-day period
* [from early 900s] the second day after some set point in time
* [from late 900s] the second day of the month
* [from 1786] (historical) during the Edo period, the two-day period of the day of 大祭 (taisai, “major festivals”) and the preceding day's 宵祭り (yoi matsuri, “eve-festivals”)
* [from 1811] short for 二日灸 (futsuka-kyū), moxibustion traditionally performed on the second of February or August in the belief that this conferred year-long good health

##### Derived terms

* 二日酔(ふつかよ)い (futsuka yoi, “a hangover”, literally “two-day intoxication”)
* 二日(ふつか)心(ごころ) (futsukagokoro)
* 二日(ふつか)灸(きゅう) (futsukakyū)
* 二日(ふつか)月(づき) (futsukazuki)
* 二日(ふつか)払(ばら)い (futsuka barai)

#### See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for 日 :
| | 1(st) | 2(nd) | 3(rd) | 4(th) | 5(th) | 6(th) | 7(th) | 8(th) | 9(th) | 10(th) |
| How many? | 一(いち)日(にち) (ichinichi) | 二(ふつ)日(か) (futsuka) | 三(みっ)日(か) (mikka) | 四(よっ)日(か) (yokka) | 五(いつ)日(か) (itsuka) | 六(むい)日(か) (muika) | 七(なの)日(か) (nanoka) 七(なぬ)日(か) (nanuka) | 八(よう)日(か) (yōka) | 九(ここの)日(か) (kokonoka) | 十(とお)日(か) (tōka) |
| What day? | 一日(ついたち) (tsuitachi) 一(いっ)日(ぴ) (ippi) | 二(ふつ)日(か) (futsuka) | 三(みっ)日(か) (mikka) | 四(よっ)日(か) (yokka) | 五(いつ)日(か) (itsuka) | 六(むい)日(か) (muika) | 七(なの)日(か) (nanoka) 七(なぬ)日(か) (nanuka) | 八(よう)日(か) (yōka) | 九(ここの)日(か) (kokonoka) | 十(とお)日(か) (tōka) |
| | 11(th) | 12(th) | 13(th) | 14(th) | 15(th) | 16(th) | 17(th) | 18(th) | 19(th) | 20(th) |
| | 十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち) (jūichinichi) | 十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち) (jūninichi) | 十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち) (jūsannichi) | 十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か) (jūyokka) | 十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち) (jūgonichi) | 十(じゅう)六(ろく)日(にち) (jūrokunichi) | 十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち) (jūshichinichi) | 十(じゅう)八(はち)日(にち) (jūhachinichi) | 十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち) (jūkunichi) | 二十(はつ)日(か) (hatsuka) |
| | 24(th) | 27(th) | 29(th) | 30(th) | 40(th) | 50(th) | 100(th) | 1,000(th) | 10,000(th) | ? |
| | 二(に)十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か) (nijūyokka) | 二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち) (nijūshichinichi) | 二(に)十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち) (nijūkunichi) | 三(さん)十(じゅう)日(にち) (sanjūnichi) 三(み)十(そ)日(か) (misoka) | 四(し)十(じゅう)日(にち) (shijūnichi) 四(よ)十(そ)日(か) (yosoka) | 五(ご)十(じゅう)日(にち) (gojūnichi) 五十(い)日(か) (ika) | 百(ひゃく)日(にち) (hyakunichi) 百(もも)日(か) (momoka) | 千(せん)日(にち) (sennichi) | 一(いち)万(まん)日(にち) (ichimannichi) | 何(なん)日(にち) (nannichi) |

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 二 | 日 |
| ふた Grade: 1 | ひ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 二 (futa, “two”, used in counting) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”). Generally only found in instances of counting, as in ひとひふたひ (hitohi futahi, “one day, two days...”).
First cited in 1746.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ta̠çi]

#### Noun

二(ふた)日(ひ) • (futahi)
* [from 1746] (archaic, possibly obsolete) two days, a two-day period

### References

* 1 2 3 “二日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN