昨日 - kinō | eevy Japanese Dictionary

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Example Sentences

昨日きのう彼かれがぶらっと立たち寄よった。

kinō karega buratto tachiyotta.

He dropped in on me yesterday.

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Other Forms

18 Variants Available

Essential 9 items

昨日きのうじゃない

kinōjanai

The negative form

1. Not yesterday.; Not last night.

★ Common

Noun

#203312

昨日きのうだった

kinōdatta

The past form

1. Was yesterday.; It was yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#148690

昨日きのうで

kinōde

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. Yesterday; By yesterday

★ Common

Noun

#58282

昨日きのうの

kinōno

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Yesterday's; Of yesterday

★ Common

Noun

#4578

昨日きのうじゃありません

kinōjārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Was not yesterday.; It wasn't yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#1174133

昨日きのうじゃないです

kinōjanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. It wasn't yesterday.; It's not yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#567831

昨日きのうでした

kinōdeshita

The polite past form

1. Was yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#222148

昨日きのうです

kinōdesu

The polite form

1. Yesterday.; Was yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#101056

昨日きのうではありません

kinōdewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Was not yesterday.; It wasn't yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#765310

Common 6 items

昨日きのうじゃなかった

kinōjanakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't yesterday; It wasn't yesterday

★ Common

Noun

#404495

昨日きのうだろう

kinōdarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably yesterday.; It must have been yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#558194

昨日きのうじゃありませんでした

kinōjārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. It was not yesterday.; It wasn't yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#1174133

昨日きのうじゃなかったです

kinōjanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't yesterday.; It wasn't the day before.

★ Common

Noun

#1174133

昨日きのうでしょう

kinōdeshō

Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")

1. Probably yesterday.; It must have been yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#734009

昨日きのうではありませんでした

kinōdewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not yesterday.; It wasn't yesterday.

★ Common

Noun

#1000567

Advanced 3 items

昨日きのうだったら

kinōdattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If yesterday; When yesterday

★ Common

Noun

#298805

昨日きのうであれば

kinōdeareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If yesterday; When yesterday

★ Common

Noun

#722617

昨日きのうなら

kinōnara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If yesterday; When yesterday

★ Common

Noun

#253278

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