曜日

Chinese

dazzle; glorious
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(曜日)
anagram 日曜

Pronunciation


Adjective

曜日

  1. (obsolete, of sunshine) shining; bright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 2
ひ > び
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Back-formation of 月曜日 (げつようび) (getsuyōbi),  () (よう) () (kayōbi), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joːbi/

Noun

曜日 (hiragana ようび, rōmaji yōbi, historical hiragana えうび)

  1. day of the week

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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