How to say 'Week' in Japanese | 週

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The Japanese word for Week is 'Shuu', written as 週 in Japanese.'Week' in hiragana is しゅう.

word

週

Meaning

Week

Reading

しゅう

shuu

Kanji

週Week

Explanation

The Japanese noun '週 (しゅう)' means 'week'. It refers to a period of seven days and is commonly used in contexts related to time, schedules, and planning. For example: I will go next week「来週行きます」(らいしゅういきます). This week is busy「今週は忙しい」(こんしゅうはいそがしい). The word can also be combined with other terms to specify a particular week, such as '先週 (せんしゅう)' (last week) or '毎週 (まいしゅう)' (every week). It is a fundamental term in Japanese for discussing time frames.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

2785

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 週

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

週

Meaning

Week

Words Related to 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

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来週

Meaning

Next week

word

毎週

Meaning

Weekly

word

週末

Meaning

Weekend

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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

週刊

Meaning

Weekly

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