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How to say 'Sunday' in Japanese | 日曜

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The Japanese word for Sunday is 'Nichiyou', written as 日曜 in Japanese.'Sunday' in hiragana is にちよう.

    word

    日曜

    Meaning

    Sunday

    Reading

    にちよう

    nichiyou

    Kanji

    Day, Sun Weekday

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '日曜 (にちよう)' refers to 'Sunday', the first day of the week in the Japanese calendar. It is commonly used in everyday conversation and writing to denote the day of the week. For example: I will go to the park on Sunday「日曜に公園に行きます」(にちようにこうえんにいきます). Sunday is a holiday「日曜は休日です」(にちようはきゅうじつです). The word is often combined with other terms to specify events or activities occurring on Sunday, such as '日曜日 (にちようび)' which also means 'Sunday' but is slightly more formal.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    3231

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 日曜

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Day, Sun

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Weekday

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What does 'Nichiyou' (日曜) mean?

'Nichiyou' means 'Sunday' .

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