二十四日(にじゅうよっか)

にじゅうよっか
noun
twenty-four days; the twenty-fourth (of the month)
time-general
1. twenty-four days; a twenty-four-day period
A duration of twenty-four days. Written 二十四日間(にじゅうよっかかん) when the length of time needs to be explicit.
二十四日(にじゅうよっか)かかった。
It took twenty-four days.
工事(こうじ)は二十四日間(にじゅうよっかかん)続(つづ)いた。
The construction work continued for twenty-four days.
注文(ちゅうもん)してから届(とど)くまでに二十四日(にじゅうよっか)もかかり、さすがに長(なが)すぎると感(かん)じた。
It took a full twenty-four days from ordering to delivery, which felt far too long.
2. the twenty-fourth day of the month
The 24th as a calendar date.
締(し)め切(き)りは二十四日(にじゅうよっか)です。
The deadline is the twenty-fourth.
十二月(じゅうにがつ)二十四日(にじゅうよっか)はクリスマスイブだ。
December 24th is Christmas Eve.
給料日(きゅうりょうび)が二十四日(にじゅうよっか)なので、それまでは買(か)い物(もの)を我慢(がまん)している。
Payday is the twenty-fourth, so I'm holding off on shopping until then.

Like 十四日(じゅうよっか), this date keeps the native reading 四日(よっか) inside it: にじゅうよっか, not にじゅうよんにち. These two are the only dates above the tenth that keep this reading.

Usage

  • Duration: 二十四日(にじゅうよっか)かかる (takes twenty-four days)
  • Date: 二十四日(にじゅうよっか)に出発(しゅっぱつ)する (leave on the 24th)
  • 二十四日間(にじゅうよっかかん): an explicit twenty-four-day period

Similar words

Related Words

Related: 四日 (four days; the 4th)
Related: 十四日 (fourteen days; the 14th)
Compare: 二十日(はつか) (twenty days)
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Added 2026.7.29 12:20 · Revised 2026.9.6 9:20
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