週間|しゅうかんshuukan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounweek
    もう2週間しゅうかんたったら帰かえります。↗
    I will be back in another two weeks.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymウィークNeutralLoanword mostly seen in compounds and proper names such as 「ゴールデンウィーク」; it rarely stands alone. In everyday speech 「週」 is the normal word.
  • Synonym週しゅうNeutralRefers to the week as a unit, as in 「今週」 or 「週に一回」. 「週間」 typically follows a numeral for a duration (「二週間」) or appears in 「~週間」 event names.

Use 「週間」 with a numeral to give a length of several weeks, as in 「二週間」. Use 「週」 for which week or how often, as in 「今週」 or 「週に一回」. 「ウィーク」 appears in names like 「ゴールデンウィーク」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (名詞めいしの前まえに付ついて)週しゅうの、一いち週間しゅうかんの。
  2. (名詞めいしの後あとに付ついて)ある特定とくていのことについての週しゅう。
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