(もくようび)

もくようび
noun
Thursday
1. Thursday
The fourth day of the work week. The kanji 木 means 'tree/wood' and relates to Jupiter (the 'wood planet' in East Asian tradition).
今日(きょう)木曜日(もくようび)です
Today is Thursday.
木曜日(もくようび)(いそが)しい
Thursdays are busy.
木曜日(もくようび)(よる)()いています
Are you free Thursday evening?
I study at the library on Thursdays.
There's a test next Thursday, so I have to study every day starting today.

木曜日(もくようび) is Thursday, the fourth day of the Japanese week.

ETYMOLOGY:
(もく) (wood/tree) + 曜日(ようび) (day of the week). Based on the planet Jupiter, called 木星(もくせい) (wood star) in Japanese.

FORMS:

  • Full: 木曜日(もくようび)
  • Abbreviated: 木曜(もくよう) or just (もく)

DAYS OF THE WEEK:

  • 日曜日(にちようび) (Sun), 月曜日(げつようび) (Mon), 火曜日(かようび) (Tue)
  • 水曜日(すいようび) (Wed), 木曜日(もくようび) (Thu)
  • 金曜日(きんようび) (Fri), 土曜日(どようび) (Sat)

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 毎週(まいしゅう)木曜日(もくようび): every Thursday
  • 木曜日(もくようび)に: on Thursday
  • 来週(らいしゅう)木曜日(もくようび): next Thursday