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一週間 (いっしゅうかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ週しゅう間かん

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

Standard noun for a period of seven days. Often used with particles like に, で, or の to indicate time.

一いっ週しゅう間かん後ごに試し験けんがあります。
There is an exam in one week.
この仕し事ごとは一いっ週しゅう間かんで終おわります。
This work will be finished in one week.

Written forms

一いっ週しゅう間かん
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
１いっ週しゅう間かん
Numerical variant using half-width digit; seen in some contexts but less common than the kanji form.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
週week
間interval, space

Similar words

週しゅう間かん
週間 means 'week' as a period or a magazine title, but 一週間 specifically means 'one week' as a duration.
一いっ週しゅう
一週 also means 'one week' but is less common and may sound more formal or literary; 一週間 is the everyday term.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (one), 週 (week), and 間 (interval/duration). The reading いっしゅうかん follows regular sound changes from いち + しゅうかん.