週

• 読み: しゅう
• ローマ字: shuu
• 漢字の分解: 週 (shuu) — week; 辶 (road) + 周 (cycle, circumference)
• 発音: /ɕɯː/

意味

Week. Used as a counter and in compounds related to weekly time periods.

Most commonly used in compounds: 今週 (this week), 先週 (last week), 来週 (next week), 毎週 (every week), 一週間 (one week). The counter ～週間 is used to express duration in weeks. A core vocabulary item for discussing schedules and plans.

例文

1. 来週の月曜日に会いましょう。
2. 先週は忙しかったです。
3. 毎週日曜日にサッカーをします。

使い方ガイド

場面: scheduling, daily life, calendar

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 週 combines the movement radical 辶 (shinnyou, road/movement) with 周 (circumference/cycle), conveying the idea of a cycle of days that comes around repeatedly.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal