No. 1,702 in Japanese
きょう
"きょう" means "today."
In a sentence
今日は晴れています。
Today is sunny.
The word 'きょう' means 'today' in this sentence and is used as a time indicator to specify the current day.
学校では、きょう、イベントがあります。
At school, there's an event today.
Here, 'きょう' again means 'today' and specifies when the event is occurring.
前半では、きょうのトピックを説明します。
In the first half, we will explain today’s topic.
In this sentence, 'きょう' indicates possession related to 'topic', signifying 'today's topic'.
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