来らい週しゅう

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

next week

Refers to the week following the current one. Can be used as a noun or adverbially without a particle.

来らい週しゅうの月げつ曜よう日びに会かい議ぎがあります。
There is a meeting next Monday.
来らい週しゅう、旅りょ行こうに行いく予よ定ていです。
I plan to go on a trip next week.

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Usage patterns

来らい週しゅうの〈曜よう日び〉next [day of the week]
来らい週しゅうの月げつ曜よう日びに会かい議ぎがあります。
There's a meeting next Monday.
来らい週しゅうから〈動どう詞し〉starting from next week
来らい週しゅうから新あたらしい仕し事ごとが始はじまります。
The new job starts next week.
来らい週しゅうまでに〈動どう詞し〉by next week
来らい週しゅうまでにレポートを提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit the report by next week.

Expressions

また来らい週しゅうsee you next week

Kanji

来come, due, next
週week

Related words

翌よく週しゅうN3
来週 means 'next week' counted from the present moment, whereas 翌週 means 'the following week' relative to any reference point, past or future.

Opposites

先せん週しゅうN5
来週 means 'next week' while 先週 means 'last week', the opposite point in time.
今こん週しゅうN5
今週 refers to the current week, while 来週 refers to the week after it.

Don't confuse with

今こん週しゅうN5
来週 refers to the week after this one, whereas 今週 refers to the current week; learners sometimes mix up which is which.
再さ来らい週しゅうN4
来週 means 'next week' (the week immediately following this one), while 再来週 means 'the week after next', one week further out; learners often mix up which week each refers to.

Word family

再さ来らい週しゅうN4
week after next
来らい週しゅう中ちゅう
during next week; sometime next week; throughout next week
来らい週しゅう明あけ
early next week; beginning of next week

Etymology

Compound of 来 (rai, 'next, coming') and 週 (shū, 'week').