三日(みっか)

みっか
noun
three days; third day
1. three days
A duration of three days.
三日(みっか)かかります。
It takes three days.
三日(みっか)後(ご)に届(とど)きます。
It will arrive in three days.
三日(みっか)も雨(あめ)が続(つづ)いた。
It rained for three days straight.
三日(みっか)間(かん)の出張(しゅっちょう)です。
It's a three-day business trip.
三日(みっか)坊主(ぼうず)で終(お)わった。
It ended after just three days (gave up quickly).
2. the third (day of the month)
The third day of any month.
1月(がつ)三日(みっか)に会(あ)いましょう。
Let's meet on January 3rd.
三日(みっか)は忙(いそが)しいです。
I'm busy on the 3rd.
来月(らいげつ)三日(みっか)に予約(よやく)した。
I made a reservation for the 3rd of next month.
三日(みっか)までに返事(へんじ)します。
I'll reply by the 3rd.
三日(みっか)は空(あ)いていますか。
Are you free on the 3rd?

三日(みっか) has two meanings: a duration of three days, and the 3rd day of the month. Context usually makes the meaning clear.

DAYS OF THE MONTH (1-10):

  • 一日(ついたち), 二日(ふつか), 三日(みっか), 四日(よっか), 五日(いつか)
  • 六日(むいか), 七日(なのか), 八日(ようか), 九日(ここのか), 十日(とおか)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 三日(みっか)間(かん): three days (with counter)
  • 三日(みっか)後(ご): three days later
  • 三日(みっか)前(まえ): three days ago

IDIOM:
三日(みっか)坊主(ぼうず) literally "three-day monk" means someone who gives up easily or lacks perseverance. Used when someone starts something but quickly abandons it.

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Added 2026.1.11 19:10 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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