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How to say 'Last week' in Japanese | 先週

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The Japanese word for Last week is 'Senshuu', written as 先週 in Japanese.'Last week' in hiragana is せんしゅう.

    word

    先週

    Meaning

    Last week

    Reading

    せんしゅう

    senshuu

    Kanji

    先Before, Previous 週Week

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '先週 (せんしゅう)' means 'last week'. It is used to refer to the week immediately before the current one. This term is commonly used in everyday conversation to talk about events, activities, or situations that occurred in the previous week. For example: I went to Tokyo last week「先週、東京に行きました」(せんしゅう、とうきょうにいきました). Last week was very busy「先週はとても忙しかった」(せんしゅうはとてもいそがしかった). It is important to note that '先週' is a specific time reference and is not used to describe a general past time frame.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    419

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 先週

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    先

    Meaning

    Before, Previous

  • kanji

    週

    Meaning

    Week

Words Related to 先週 Through the Kanji 先

These 20 Words contain the Kanji 先 as well.

  • word

    先

    Meaning

    Ahead, Tip

  • word

    先生

    Meaning

    Teacher

  • word

    先ず

    Meaning

    First

  • word

    先月

    Meaning

    Last month

  • word

    先程

    Meaning

    Earlier

  • word

    先に

    Meaning

    Before

  • word

    先輩

    Meaning

    Senior

  • word

    優先

    Meaning

    Priority

  • word

    先日

    Meaning

    Recently

  • word

    最先端

    Meaning

    Cutting edge

  • word

    宛先

    Meaning

    Address

  • word

    先端

    Meaning

    Tip, Cutting edge

  • word

    先進

    Meaning

    Advancement

  • word

    先祖

    Meaning

    Ancestor

  • word

    先行

    Meaning

    Precedence

  • word

    先頭

    Meaning

    Front

  • word

    真っ先

    Meaning

    Forefront

  • word

    指先

    Meaning

    Fingertip

  • word

    勤め先

    Meaning

    Workplace

  • word

    祖先

    Meaning

    Ancestor

Words Related to 先週 Through the Kanji 週

These 10 Words contain the Kanji 週 as well.

  • word

    今週

    Meaning

    This week

  • word

    来週

    Meaning

    Next week

  • word

    毎週

    Meaning

    Weekly

  • word

    週末

    Meaning

    Weekend

  • word

    週間

    Meaning

    Week

  • word

    週刊誌

    Meaning

    Weekly magazine

  • word

    再来週

    Meaning

    Week after next

  • word

    週休

    Meaning

    Weekly holiday

  • word

    週

    Meaning

    Week

  • word

    週刊

    Meaning

    Weekly

Learn the Word 先週

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What does 'Senshuu' (先週) mean?

'Senshuu' means 'Last week' .

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