おととい

おととい

noun

day before yesterday

informaltime-general

1. day before yesterday

The day that was two days ago. Part of the sequence: おととい (day before yesterday) → きのう (yesterday) → きょう (today).

おととい東京(とうきょう)に行(い)きました。

I went to Tokyo the day before yesterday.

おとといの夜(よる)、雨(あめ)が降(ふ)りました。

It rained the night before last.

おとといから風邪(かぜ)です。

I've had a cold since the day before yesterday.

おとといの朝(あさ)、駅(えき)で友達(ともだち)に会(あ)いました。

I met my friend at the station the morning of the day before yesterday.

おととい買(か)った本(ほん)はとても面白(おもしろ)かったので、昨日(きのう)もう一(いっ)冊(さつ)買(か)いに行(い)きました。

The book I bought the day before yesterday was very interesting, so I went to buy another one yesterday.

おととい means "the day before yesterday." Usually written in hiragana, though the kanji 一昨日(おととい) exists.

Time sequence

おととい: day before yesterday
きのう: yesterday
きょう: today
あした: tomorrow
あさって: day after tomorrow

Common patterns

Like other time words, おととい can modify a verb directly without a particle:

おととい行(い)った (I went the day before yesterday)

Variant readings

おとつい: casual/dialectal pronunciation
いっさくじつ: formal reading of 一昨日(いっさくじつ)

Related words

一昨年(おととし): year before last

Related Words

Related: 昨日(きのう) (yesterday)

Related: あさって (day after tomorrow)

Related: おととし (year before last)

Related: ゆうべ (last night, yesterday evening)

Related: 一昨年(いっさくねん) (the year before last)

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Added 2026.1.7 21:38 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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