How to Say ‘Friday’ in Japanese
の金曜日
no kinyoubi
[noh keen-yoh-bee]
💬 Usage Tip: [の] links [来週] and [金曜日], making “Friday of next week.” This noun-linking pattern is extremely common.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japanese often prefers complete date confirmation because “this Friday” and “next Friday” can be interpreted differently across languages.
Phrase Breakdown
の
no
[noh]
of
A particle linking time expressions, as in "next week's Friday."
「来週の金曜日」で「の」が言葉をつなげます。
In "next Friday," "の" connects the words.
金曜日
kinyoubi
[keen-yoh-bee]
Friday
The day of the week Friday.
金曜日にホテルへ行きます。
I will go to the hotel on Friday.
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