The Japanese word for day is
昼

ひる - hiru

Japanese Definition

昼
1. n. the daytime
2. n. 午: the noon, midday
3. n. the heyday or peak period of something
4. affix. day, daytime
5. affix. noon, midday

日
1. counter. ordinal day of a month
２７日 - the 27th
2. counter. number of days
誕生日まであと１２日だ - My birthday is in 12 days.
3. counter. Usage: Sometimes shortened to (l-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, んち, tr=-nchi) or l-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ち, tr=-chi.
4. affix. sun
5. affix. daytime, daylight
6. affix. day
7. affix. sun
8. affix. day
9. n. the sun
10. n. sunlight, sunshine
11. n. daytime, daylight
12. n. a day
13. n. time and date
14. n. a daily (gloss-lite, something done everyday)
15. n. the weather
16. n. a (gloss-lite, usually unfortunate) case, event, situation
17. n. the times (gloss-lite, age, era,) or time in the past
18. n. an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day
19. n. a (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 家紋, , tr=kamon, family crest) with a sun-shaped design
20. counter. daytimes
21. counter. number of days

一日
1. n. the first day of the month (solar or lunar calendar)
2. n. Usage: The tsuitachi reading is the most common for the “first day of the month” sense when referring to dates.
3. n. one day, 24 hours
一日を過ごす - to spend a day
4. n. the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk
5. n. (metaphor) a short period of time
ローマは一日にして成らず - Rome wasn't built in a day
6. n. one day, someday, an unspecified day
7. n. the first day of the month
8. n. Usage: The ichinichi reading appears to be somewhat more common than synonymous ichijitsu below. There may be dialectal differences in usage patterns.
9. n. Usage: The tsuitachi reading is the most common for the “first day of the month” sense when referring to dates.
10. n. (literary) one day, 24 hours
11. n. (literary) the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk
12. n. (literary) (metaphor) a short period of time
13. n. Usage: The synonymous ichinichi reading appears to be somewhat more common. There may be dialectal differences in usage patterns.
14. n. Usage: The tsuitachi reading is the most common for the “first day of the month” sense when referring to dates.
15. n. (rare) the first day of the month
16. n. Usage: This reading appears to be quite rare. There may be dialectal differences in usage patterns.
17. n. (obsolete) one day, 24 hours
18. n. (obsolete) the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk
19. n. (rare obsolete) (all senses appear to be identical as for hitohi above)

昼間
1. n. daytime
2. n. Usage: Synonymous with 昼, お昼. The term 昼間 (hiruma) is used to more specifically indicate the daytime, as opposed to the synonyms' possible additional meanings of noon

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