(collective, chiefly attributive) Japan and China

the daytime, during the day / noon, midday

to work at a job, to labour / to work properly, to operate, to function; to carry out one's function, to be effective, to come into play / to perpetrate or commit a crime

Alternative spelling of 只働き

Alternative spelling of 只働き

all day

the first day of the month (solar or lunar calendar)

(literary) one day, 24 hours / (literary) the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk / (literary) (figuratively) a short period of time

(obsolete) one day, 24 hours / (obsolete) the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk

(rare, obsolete) (all senses appear to be identical as for hitohi above)