Definition of 一昨日 (おととい)

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
day before yesterday
Other readings:
一昨日【おとつい】[1]
一昨日【いっさくじつ】
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
Related Kanji
one, one radical (no.1)
yesterday, previous
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 21 results)

A fire broke out the day before yesterday

The accident happened the day before yesterday

I went there the day before yesterday

ぐうぜん
偶然
でんしゃ
電車
なか
かのじょ
彼女
I met her by chance on the train the day before yesterday

It has been raining on and off since the day before yesterday

He may have absented himself from school the day before yesterday

She left for America the day before yesterday

I received your letter the day before yesterday

He left for America the day before yesterday

かれ
彼ら
しゅっぱ
出発した
They left there the day before yesterday

I arrived at Narita the day before yesterday

かれ
げん
原野
きみょう
奇妙な
ごと
出来事
もくげき
目撃
The day before yesterday he witnessed a weird incident in the wilderness

かれ
こづつみ
小包
はっそう
発送
He sent out the parcel the day before yesterday

It was stormy the day before yesterday

He departed for London the day before yesterday

わた
私の
ゆうじん
友人
たち
My friends came to see me the day before yesterday

Terrible shooting broke out the night before last

It has been raining since the day before yesterday, but it may clear up this afternoon

わた
私たち
おおさか
大阪
The day before yesterday we arrived at Osaka

The exhortation "Don't quote Wikipedia" was included in the Asahi newspaper of yesterday or the day before
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