先週

• 読み: せんしゅう
• ローマ字: senshuu
• 漢字の分解: 先 (sen/saki) — previous, before; 週 (shuu) — week
• 発音: /seɴ.ɕɯː/

意味

Last week; the week before. Refers to the seven-day period before the current week.

Combines 先 (previous) and 週 (week). Part of the time-reference trio: 先週 (last week), 今週 (this week), 来週 (next week). Used with past tense to describe recent events. 先 also appears in 先月 (last month) and 先生 (teacher, literally 'one born before').

例文

1. 先週、京都に行きました。
2. 先週のテストは難しかったです。
3. 先週の土曜日に映画を見ました。

使い方ガイド

場面: recounting events, daily conversation, past tense

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

A Sino-Japanese compound of 先 (sen, previous/before) and 週 (shuu, week). 先 depicts a foot stepping forward, but in temporal use means 'what came before.'

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal