十日(とおか)

とおか
noun
ten days, tenth day
time-general
1. ten days
A period of ten days.
十日(とおか)ぐらいかかります。
It takes about ten days.
十日(とおか)も待(ま)った。
I waited for ten days.
十日(とおか)間(かん)の旅行(りょこう)です。
It's a ten-day trip.
あと十日(とおか)で完成(かんせい)する。
It will be completed in ten days.
十日(とおか)ぶりに会(あ)えた。
I got to see them for the first time in ten days.
2. tenth day of the month
The tenth day of any month.
五月(ごがつ)十日(とおか)に会(あ)いましょう。
Let's meet on May 10th.
十日(とおか)までに終(お)わらせてください。
Please finish it by the 10th.
来月(らいげつ)十日(とおか)は空(あ)いていますか。
Are you free on the 10th of next month?
十日(とおか)に届(とど)きます。
It will arrive on the 10th.
十日(とおか)は忙(いそが)しいです。
I'm busy on the 10th.

十日(とおか) uses native Japanese counting and has two meanings: the 10th day of the month, and a duration of ten days.

Days of the month (1-10)

The first ten days use special native Japanese readings:

After the 10th, most days use Sino-Japanese numbers + 日(にち) (e.g., 十一日(じゅういちにち)).

Duration usage

  • 十日(とおか)間(かん): a ten-day period
  • 十日(とおか)ぶりに: for the first time in ten days
  • 十日(とおか)ほどかかる: it takes about ten days

Related Words

Related: 九日(ここのか) (ninth day)
Related: 二十日(はつか) (twenty days, twentieth day)
Related: 〜間(かん) (duration suffix 〜間)
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Added 2026.1.11 18:50 · Revised 2026.8.12 15:29
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