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How to say 'Next week' in Japanese | 来週

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The Japanese word for Next week is 'Raishuu', written as 来週 in Japanese.'Next week' in hiragana is らいしゅう.

    word

    来週

    Meaning

    Next week

    Reading

    らいしゅう

    raishuu

    Kanji

    来Come 週Week

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '来週 (らいしゅう)' means 'next week'. It is used to refer to the week immediately following the current one. This term is commonly used in planning, scheduling, and discussing future events. For example: I will go to Tokyo next week「来週東京に行きます」(らいしゅうとうきょうにいきます). The meeting is next week「会議は来週です」(かいぎはらいしゅうです). It is important to note that '来週' is a specific time reference and is often used in both casual and formal contexts.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    425

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 来週

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    来

    Meaning

    Come

  • kanji

    週

    Meaning

    Week

Words Related to 来週 Through the Kanji 来

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 来 as well.

  • word

    来る

    Meaning

    Come

  • word

    出来る

    Meaning

    Can, Be made

  • word

    来月

    Meaning

    Next month

  • word

    持って来る

    Meaning

    Bring

  • word

    将来

    Meaning

    Future

  • word

    以来

    Meaning

    Since

  • word

    連れて来る

    Meaning

    Bring

  • word

    従来

    Meaning

    Tradition

  • word

    再来年

    Meaning

    Year after next

  • word

    再来月

    Meaning

    Month after next

  • word

    再来週

    Meaning

    Week after next

  • word

    未来

    Meaning

    Future

  • word

    行き来

    Meaning

    Coming and going

  • word

    元来

    Meaning

    Originally

  • word

    出来事

    Meaning

    Event

  • word

    外来語

    Meaning

    Loanword

  • word

    出来上がる

    Meaning

    Complete

  • word

    由来

    Meaning

    Origin

  • word

    やって来る

    Meaning

    Come

  • word

    来日

    Meaning

    Arrival

  • word

    出来上がり

    Meaning

    Completion

  • word

    出来るだけ

    Meaning

    As much as possible

  • word

    本来

    Meaning

    Originally

  • word

    来年

    Meaning

    Next year

  • word

    来

    Meaning

    Next

  • word

    如来

    Meaning

    Buddha

  • word

    外来

    Meaning

    Foreign

Words Related to 来週 Through the Kanji 週

These 10 Words contain the Kanji 週 as well.

  • word

    今週

    Meaning

    This week

  • word

    先週

    Meaning

    Last 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

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What does 'Raishuu' (来週) mean?

'Raishuu' means 'Next week' .

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