八日(ようか)

ようか
noun
eight days; eighth day
time-general
1. eight days
A duration of eight days.
八日(ようか)かかりました。
It took eight days.
八日(ようか)間(かん)の旅行(りょこう)です。
It's an eight-day trip.
八日(ようか)も待(ま)った。
I waited for eight days.
あと八日(ようか)で終(お)わる。
It will be finished in eight days.
八日(ようか)ぶりに会(あ)った。
We met for the first time in eight days.
2. the eighth (day of the month)
The eighth day of any month.
3月(がつ)八日(ようか)に届(とど)きます。
It will arrive on March 8th.
八日(ようか)は会議(かいぎ)があります。
There's a meeting on the 8th.
来月(らいげつ)八日(ようか)に届(とど)く。
It will arrive on the 8th of next month.
八日(ようか)までに提出(ていしゅつ)してください。
Please submit it by the 8th.
八日(ようか)は予定(よてい)がある。
I have plans on the 8th.

八日(ようか) uses native Japanese counting and means both "eight days" (duration) and "the 8th" (date).

Usage

Days 11-31 use regular 十一日(じゅういちにち) pattern, except 二十日(はつか). The reading ようか applies only to 8, not 18 (十八日(じゅうはちにち)) or 28 (二十八日(にじゅうはちにち)).

Days 1-10 (SPECIAL READINGS)

Related Words

Compare: 四日(よっか) (4th; easily confused reading)
Related: 〜間(かん) (duration suffix)
Related: 九日(ここのか) (ninth day)
Related: 七日(なのか) (seven days, seventh day)
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Added 2026.1.11 19:10 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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