今日の一針、明日の十針

きょうのひとはりあすのとはり

a stitch in time saves nine; one needle today, ten needles tomorrow

今日明日

きょうあす きょうあした

today and tomorrow, today or tomorrow, in a day or two

五十日の餅

いかのもちい

mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day

五十日の祝

いかのいわい

celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

十五日

じゅうごにち

fifteenth day of the month

五十日

ごとおび

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

今明日

こんみょうにち こんあした

today and (or) tomorrow

昨日の今日

きのうのきょう

right on the heels of yesterday, then today..., soon after something, and yet now...

二百十日

にひゃくとおか

210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar), the storm day

二十五日

にじゅうごにち

twenty-fifth day of the month

今日日

きょうび

nowadays

五明後日

ごあさって ごみょうごにち

four days from now (five days in some places)

十日の菊

とおかのきく

something that comes too late and is useless, like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth

今日

きょう こんにち こんち こんじつ

today, this day

百日

ひゃくにち

hundred days, lengthy time

二百二十日

にひゃくはつか にひゃくにじゅうにち

220th day, end of the storm period

昨日今日

きのうきょう

yesterday and today

今日昨日

きょうきのう

today and yesterday

五日

いつか

the fifth day of the month