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  2. 昨日

きのう

昨日

N5

yesterday

kinou

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
#525

Meanings

  1. 1
    yesterdaynounadverb

JMdict 1579260

In a sentence

昨日(きのう)yesterday何(なに)what didした?

What did you do yesterday?

How it works

Very casual, clipped speech. 昨日(きのう) (yesterday) sets the time with no particle, then 何(なに) (what) is the object — again no を (object) marker, dropped in fast casual talk. The verb する (do) becomes plain past した (did), and the rising tone alone makes it a question.

Written with

  • 昨yesterday9 strokes
  • 日day4 strokes

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