十四日

じゅうよっか
noun
fourteen days; the fourteenth (of the month)
time-general
1. fourteen days; a fourteen-day period
A duration of fourteen days. Often written 十四日間(じゅうよっかかん) when the length of time needs to be explicit.
十四日(じゅうよっか)かかった。
It took fourteen days.
申請(しんせい)から十四日(じゅうよっか)以内(いない)に返事(へんじ)が来(き)ます。
A reply comes within fourteen days of the application.
海外(かいがい)の出張(しゅっちょう)は十四日間(じゅうよっかかん)の予定(よてい)だったが、一週間(いっしゅうかん)延(の)びた。
The overseas business trip was scheduled for fourteen days, but it was extended by a week.
2. the fourteenth day of the month
The 14th as a calendar date.
今月(こんげつ)の十四日(じゅうよっか)は日曜日(にちようび)だ。
The fourteenth of this month is a Sunday.
面接(めんせつ)は三月(さんがつ)十四日(じゅうよっか)に行(おこな)われます。
The interview will be held on March 14th.
二月(にがつ)十四日(じゅうよっか)のバレンタインデーには、毎年(まいとし)職場(しょくば)でチョコレートを配(くば)っている。
On Valentine's Day, February 14th, I hand out chocolates at work every year.

One of the few dates above the tenth that keeps a native reading: 四日(よっか) survives inside it, so it is じゅうよっか, never じゅうよんにち. The same happens with 二十四日(にじゅうよっか).

Usage

  • Duration: 十四日(じゅうよっか)かかる (takes fourteen days)
  • Date: 十四日(じゅうよっか)に会(あ)う (meet on the 14th)
  • 十四日間(じゅうよっかかん): an explicit fourteen-day period

Similar words

  • 四日(よっか): four days; the 4th — the reading this word inherits
  • 二十四日(にじゅうよっか): twenty-four days; the 24th — the other irregular よっか date
  • 二週間(にしゅうかん): two weeks — more natural than 十四日(じゅうよっか) for a fortnight in casual speech

Related Words

Related: 四日 (four days; the 4th)
Related: 二十四日 (twenty-four days; the 24th)
Related: 十五日(じゅうごにち) (the 15th (day of the month))
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Added 2026.7.29 12:20 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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