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日曜日 (にちようび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日にち曜よう日び

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Common word›JLPTN5›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

The day of the week. Can be used as a noun or adverbially (e.g., 日曜日に, 日曜日は).

日にち曜よう日びはいつも家か族ぞくと過すごします。
I always spend Sundays with my family.

次つぎの日にち曜よう日びに会あいましょう。

Let's meet next Sunday.

Usage patterns

日にち曜よう日びに〈動どう詞し〉to do something on Sunday
日にち曜よう日びに映えい画がを見みに行いきます。
I'm going to see a movie on Sunday.
〈場ば所しょ〉は日にち曜よう日びが休やすみa place/business is closed on Sundays
このお店みせは日にち曜よう日びが休やすみです。
This shop is closed on Sundays.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
曜weekday

Related words

日にち曜ようN3
日曜日 is the full, standard form for 'Sunday', while 日曜 is a shortened, slightly casual form often seen in schedules and compounds like 日曜朝.

Built from

日にち曜よう+日にち

Etymology

Compound of 日 (sun, day) + 曜 (day of the week) + 日 (day). The reading にちようび is the standard Sino-Japanese reading of the characters.