~週間

~しゅうかん · ~shuukan · JLPT N5 · noun

week

📅 週間 = week (週) + span (間): a counter for how many weeks long

週 (shuu) means week and 間 (kan) means interval or span of time. Put a number in front: 二週間 (nishuukan) = a two-week span. The same 間 marks duration in 時間 (jikan, hours) and 年間 (nenkan, years).

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