Meaning

Primary

Friday

Word Type

noun

Explanation

This is a day of the week. You know this because it has 曜日 in it. But what day of the week is it? The gold day of the week is the greatest day. It's the day that makes you feel like gold because it's the end of the weekdays and the beginning of the weekend! This day is Friday.

Reading

きんようび
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. It will help to know the word 曜日 as well.

Context

Context Sentences

金曜日に飲みに行く約束、忘れてないよね?

You haven't forgotten that we planned to go out for drinks Friday night, have you?

ビエトは、毎週金曜日の夜に、情報のバックアップを作成します。

Viet makes a backup of our data every Friday night.

「フグのコスチュームですが、いつ頃仕上がりますかねえ?」「金曜日の午後までにはできていると思います。」

"When will my Fugu costume be ready?" "It’ll be ready by Friday afternoon."

Kanji Composition