木曜日

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 木曜日に映画を見る。▶ —
   I watch movies on Thursday.
2. 木曜の夜は遅くまで開いている。▶ —
   Open late on Thursday nights.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Mokuyoubi (木曜日) is Thursday — 木 (tree, wood) covers the Five-Element wood and the planet 木星 (mokusei, Jupiter). The kanji has three readings: on-yomi moku for day names and most compounds (mokuyoubi, mokuzou = wood construction), on-yomi boku in select compounds (doboku = civil engineering, kanboku = shrub, bokutou = wooden kendo sword), and Yamato ki for the standalone noun (ki = tree, kikage = tree shade, ueki = potted plant). Compounds: momen (cotton, dual reading), bokutou. Culturally, goshinboku names sacred trees over a thousand years old in Shinto belief, treated as dwellings of kami — examples include the great trees at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto and Ise Grand Shrine. TV anchors include Mokuyou Jidai-geki (Thursday historical-drama slot). Mokuzou architecture peaks in Horyu-ji (built 607 CE), the worlds oldest surviving wooden building, both National Treasure and UNESCO World Heritage. Korean uses identical mokyoil; Chinese xingqi-si diverges. Learners memorize the moku / boku / ki three-way reading split.

Quick check

1. Worlds oldest surviving wooden building?

   • Horyu-ji (法隆寺, 607 CE, Nara Japan, National Treasure + UNESCO Heritage)
   • Beijings Forbidden City
   • Chang ans Daming Palace
   • Bulguksa in Gyeongju