week

週、週間

七日間の期間。

やさしい英語で： A period of seven days.

• I will visit next week.
• We stayed for two weeks.
• Did you see her last week?

使い方： a week of something (We enjoyed a week of sunshine.)

類義語： sevennight, sennight, hebdomad

よく使う表現： next week, last week, a week ago, every week

労働週

休みと休みの間にある、ふだん仕事をする日のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： The regular group of days when people work, between their days off.

• She works a four-day week.
• Our working week ends on Friday.
• Staff voted for a shorter week.

類義語： workweek, working week

よく使う表現： working week, four day week, shorter week

翌週の

指定した日の七日後。普通は、直近のその曜日から一週間後を指す。

やさしい英語で： Seven days after the day mentioned, usually the next occurrence after the nearest one.

• I will see you Monday week.
• The concert is on Friday week.
• Can we meet Thursday week instead?

使い方： day of the week + week (We are leaving on Tuesday week.)

よく使う表現： Thursday week, Monday week, Friday week