しゅうまつ

しゅうまつ (shuumatsu) means 'weekend'. It specifically refers to Saturday and Sunday.

You can use しゅうまつ like this:

• しゅうまつに なにを しますか。 (What will you do on the weekend?)
• たのしい しゅうまつでした。 (It was a fun weekend.)

No, しゅうまつ refers to both Saturday and Sunday together. If you want to talk about just Saturday, you'd use どようび (doyoubi), and for Sunday, にちようび (nichiyoubi).

Yes, しゅうまつ is a very common and practical word that you'll hear and use often in daily conversation.

The kanji for しゅうまつ is 週末. 終 (shuu) means 'end' and 末 (matsu) also means 'end' or 'tip'.

Yes, a common phrase is よい しゅうまつを！ (Yoi shuumatsu o!), which means 'Have a good weekend!'

You can ask: しゅうまつに なにを しましたか。 (Shuumatsu ni nani o shimashita ka? - What did you do on the weekend?)

しゅうまつ means 'the weekend' (Saturday and Sunday combined). どようび is 'Saturday' and にちようび is 'Sunday' individually.

For 'next weekend', you say らいしゅうの しゅうまつ (raishuu no shuumatsu). For 'last weekend', it's せんしゅうの しゅうまつ (senshuu no shuumatsu).

Yes, しゅうまつ is a neutral and perfectly polite word to use in almost all situations.