日直(にっちょく)

にっちょく
noun
day duty; daily monitor
educationwork
1. day duty; person on duty for the day; daily monitor
A rotating responsibility assigned to a person for a particular day. In Japanese schools, the 日直 leads class greetings, writes the date on the board, and handles various classroom tasks. In workplaces, it refers to the person covering duties on a given day, such as holidays or weekends.
今日(きょう)の日直(にっちょく)は誰(だれ)？
Who is on day duty today?
日直(にっちょく)当番(とうばん)なので、黒板(こくばん)を消(け)した。
Since I was on day duty, I erased the blackboard.
小学校(しょうがっこう)のころ、日直(にっちょく)の日(ひ)は「起立(きりつ)、礼(れい)」と号令(ごうれい)をかけるのが緊張(きんちょう)した。
When I was in elementary school, I used to get nervous giving the "Stand up, bow" commands on my day duty days.

Usage

日直(にっちょく) is a familiar concept in Japanese school life. Students take turns serving as 日直(にっちょく), performing tasks such as leading the greeting at the start and end of class, filling in the daily log, and cleaning the blackboard. In workplaces, 日直(にっちょく) refers to someone on call or covering the office on a day when most staff are absent.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 日直(にっちょく): day duty (rotated daily)
  • 当番(とうばん): duty, person on duty (general term)
  • 週番(しゅうばん): weekly duty (rotated weekly)
  • 宿直(しゅくちょく): overnight duty (staying at the workplace overnight)

Related Words

Compare: 当番(とうばん) (duty, person on duty)
Related: 掃除当番(そうじとうばん) (cleaning duty)
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Added 2026.3.4 15:00 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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