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日曜日

にちようび

N5Sunday

Examples

日曜日は家族と市場へ出かける。

次の日曜日に部屋の模様替えをする予定だ。

Included kanji

Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: The weekday compound 日曜日 (にちようび) uses , , and to name Sunday.
  • Basic usage: 日曜日は makes Sunday a contrastive topic, while 日曜日に marks the time of an event.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Topic and point in time
    • The weekday name by itself does not necessarily mean that something happens every week.

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