今日(こんにち)

こんにち
noun
the present day; nowadays; (up to) today
formaltime-general
1. the present day; nowadays; (up to) today
The present age, as against the past: how things stand now (今日(こんにち)ある), the stretch of time up to now (今日(こんにち)まで), and the society and conditions of our time (今日(こんにち)の社会(しゃかい)). Formal; at home in speeches, essays and the news.
今日(こんにち)では珍(めずら)しくない。
It's not unusual nowadays.
今日(こんにち)あるのは皆(みな)さんのおかげです。
That we are where we are today is thanks to all of you.
今日(こんにち)の日本(にほん)はさまざまな課題(かだい)を抱(かか)えている。
Japan today faces a variety of challenges.
会社(かいしゃ)が今日(こんにち)まで続(つづ)いたのは社員(しゃいん)のおかげだ。
The company has lasted to this day thanks to its employees.
今日(こんにち)に至(いた)るまで、この伝統(でんとう)は受(う)け継(つ)がれてきた。
This tradition has been passed down to this very day.
インターネットの普及(ふきゅう)により、今日(こんにち)の生活(せいかつ)は大(おお)きく変(か)わった。
With the spread of the internet, life today has changed dramatically.

Read こんにち, 今日(こんにち) means the present day or the present age, not this particular calendar day.

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こんにち is not a formal way of saying 今日(きょう) (this day). Even in formal speech, today's date or schedule takes きょう or the formal 本日(ほんじつ): 本日(ほんじつ)の会議(かいぎ) or 今日(きょう)の会議(かいぎ) (today's meeting), never こんにちの会議(かいぎ). The one exception is the greeting こんにちは (hello), a fixed expression.

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Related: 今日(きょう)
Related: 近頃(ちかごろ) (less formal 'lately/nowadays')
Compare: 本日(ほんじつ) (today (formal))
Compare: 現代(げんだい) (the modern era, as a period of history)
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Added 2026.2.18 6:31 · Revised 2026.10.1 17:29
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