シュウカン
Meanings
Noun
1. week
Pitch accent
シュ
ウカン
Composed of
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
two weeks; fortnight
several weeks; a few weeks
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
Examples (36 in total)
Three weeks went by.
That week had nothing to do with discrimination.
The weather forecast said there'd be rain all week.
It took me three weeks to get over the flu.
The voyage to America used to take many weeks.
I was ill for weeks after.
I've been searching for my puppy for weeks.
Finally, I have time to reply to the mail that I have received these past three weeks.
We meet every three weeks.
My period is five weeks late.
My menstrual cycle is about every four weeks.
The workers were laid off for three weeks.
I'll be there for three weeks.
She was in the hospital for six weeks because of her illness.
The cold weather continued for three weeks.
He stayed in New York for three weeks.
The leaves will turn red in two or three weeks.
This baby is 3 weeks old.
Tom has been suspended from school for three weeks.
Yanni spent four weeks in Japan.
I have been here for about three weeks.
Who has been absent from school for three weeks?
The suspect was hiding out in the mountains for three weeks.
Tom has been missing for almost three weeks.
Japanese high school students go to school 35 weeks a year.
His mother said that he had been sick in bed for five weeks.
Tom and Mary broke up three weeks ago.
After spending three weeks looking for a job, he found a well-paid one.
The work will take anywhere from two to three weeks.
Jim has been trying to take me out to dinner for the last three weeks.
His mother said that he had been ill in bed for five weeks.
What takes you only three days, takes me three weeks.
He finished it in three days, but it took me as many weeks.
To investigate the incident would take us at least three weeks.
The average nurse is entitled to three weeks' holiday a year.
I've already told Tom that I plan on staying in Boston for another three weeks.