水曜日

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 水曜日は水泳の日。▶ —
   Wednesday is swimming day.
2. 水曜の午後は休み。▶ —
   Wednesday afternoon is off.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Suiyoubi (水曜日) is Wednesday — 水 (water) sits as the Five-Element water and the planet 水星 (suisei, Mercury). 水 reads sui in on-yomi compounds (suiyoubi, suiei = swimming, suishitsu = water quality, suidou = water main) and mizu in Yamato standalone (mizu = water, mizugi = swimsuit, mizutamari = puddle). Wednesday programming icon: Suiyou Doudeshou (HTB Hokkaido travel variety 1996-2002), an explosive DVD hit that crowned the local-station flagship era of Japanese TV. The Japanese-specific mizu-shoubai (water business = bars, hostess clubs, nightlife) frames revenue as "flowing like water." Wednesday sits midweek, giving it a naka-yasumi (mid-break) feel — equivalent to English hump day (camel back). Korean uses the identical kanji suyoil; Chinese xingqi-san diverges. Learners split 水 between sui (day, compound) and mizu (standalone).

Quick check

1. Meaning of mizu shoubai?

   • Bars and nightlife (revenue flows like water, unstable business)
   • Waterworks utility
   • Fishery
   • Beverage industry