Illustration: At a kitchen table, a child and parent mark how long they have been growing a bean seedling. An open calendar has seven blank day columns, with identical removable dots filling exactly two consecutive rows.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

週しゅう間かん

shuukan

weeks

Used after a number to give a duration in weeks. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 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.

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  2. 寒さむい日ひが３週間しゅうかんも続つづいた。

    The cold weather continued for three weeks.

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  3. ２週間しゅうかんが過すぎた。

    Two weeks went by.

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Kanji in 週間

  • 週weekOnシュウ
  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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