木曜

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 木曜, read もくよう, means Thursday.
• Basic usage: Use it for weekly schedules or plans for the coming Thursday.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Full and shorter forms
  • It omits the final 日 of 木曜日 without changing which weekday it names.
• Recurring and specific times
  • The example 毎週木曜 means every Thursday, a recurring schedule.
  • The example 次の木曜 refers to a specific time, the next Thursday.