Aonghas Crowe

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Sakibusatte

Who knew that a word as quotidian as "three days from today" could be said in so many different ways? Shiasatte (明明後日) is the most common way to say it, literally “tomorrow, day after tomorrow” in Japanese. Why people just don't say, "See you on Friday", I do not know. 

   + Shiasatteshâsatteshigâsatteshinoasatteshirasatte, and so on. (Hokkaidō, Tōhoku)

    Sâsattesannasatte

    Yanoasatteyanâsatteyanasatteyaneasatteyaniasatte (Hokkaidō, Tōhoku)

    sakibusatte

   X Yûkasonayûka (Okinawa)

    Asachisunâcha (Okinawa)