1.
one week
A period of seven days.
一週間休んだ。
I took a week off.
Counting patterns
- いち + しゅうかん → いっしゅうかん (small っ)
- 一週間 (1 week), 二週間 (2 weeks), 三週間 (3 weeks)
- 何週間: how many weeks?
Common patterns
Watch out
- 一周 (one lap, one trip around) sounds the same as 一週. For a week as a length of time, say 一週間.