おととい
おととい
noun
day before yesterday
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 means "the day before yesterday." Usually written in hiragana, though the kanji 一昨日 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
GRAMMAR:
Like other time words, おととい can modify a verb directly without a particle:
- おととい行った (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
RELATED:
- 一昨年: year before last