Meaning

Primary

Last Week

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The previous week was last week.

Reading

せんしゅう
  • 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.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 先週末

    last weekend

    先週行った

    went last week

    先週見た

    saw last week

Context Sentences

先週は、私の会社はお休みでした。

Last week, my company was closed.

大きくなったねー。先週はまだあんなに小さかったのに。

You sure have grown a lot! You were still tiny last week though.

先週のクラス休んじゃったから、ノート見せてくれない?

Could you show me your notebook because I didn't go to class last week?

Kanji Composition