How to say "weekend" in Japanese

• 週末しゅうまつCommon
  adverb, nounThe default word for 'weekend' as a stretch of time — Saturday and Sunday taken together. Use it for plans, small talk, and most everyday references to the weekend.
  あなたは週末しゅうまつに何なんをしましたか。↗

  What did you do on the weekend?
• 土日どにちCommon
  nounRefers to Saturday and Sunday as two specific calendar days rather than to the weekend as a general notion. Choose it when the individual days matter, for instance in scheduling.
• ウィークエンドCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword; in meaning it matches 週末 exactly. Its borrowed sound lends a Western flavor, so it reads as a stylistic choice where 週末 would be the neutral pick.

週末 is the all-purpose word for the weekend as a stretch of time; 土日 points to the two specific days, Saturday and Sunday; 「ウィークエンド」 is the katakana loanword, matching the English in sound and meaning.

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• 週末しゅうまつweekend
• 土日どにちweekend
• ウィークエンドweekend