来週
らいしゅう
hepburn raishuu
next week
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
來come
週week
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Examples
- 来週東京に行きます。I'm going to Tokyo next week.
- 来週の予定はありますか。Do you have plans next week?
Collocations
来週 (raishuu, next week)来月 (raigetsu, next month)来年 (rainen, next year)来週から (raishuu kara, starting next week)再来週 (saraishuu, week after next)
Mnemonic
来週 raishuu — 来 (come) + 週 = "the week that is coming" = next week. Time flows toward the speaker. The pair 先週 (past = "ahead") vs 来週 (future = "incoming") combines two different metaphors on one timeline: the past is what flowed ahead of us, the future is what comes toward us. Asymmetric but coherent — a feature of Sino-CJK temporal grammar worth noticing.
Quick check
Correct grasp of 先週/来週 metaphors?