毎日・毎週・毎朝
Mainichi / Maishū / Maiasa
Every day / Every week / Every morning
🌸 Expressing Habits and Recurring Schedules 🌸
💬 Dialogue
Tanaka-san wa, mainichi kōhī o nomimasu ka.
Mr. Tanaka, do you drink coffee every day?
Hai, maiasa nomimasu.
Yes, I drink it every morning.
Ii desu ne. Maishū tenisu o shimasu ka.
That's nice. Do you play tennis every week?
Iie, maishūmatsu tenisu o shimasu.
No, I play tennis every weekend.
Watashi wa mainichi nihongo o benkyō shimasu.
I study Japanese every day.
Sugoi desu ne! Ganbatte kudasai.
That's amazing! Please keep it up.
📖 Vocabulary
5 words⭐ Key Sentence
Mai- [Verb]masu.
I [Verb] every [Time].
- Pattern: 毎〜 [動詞]ます。
- Meaning: Expressing recurring habits.
Mainichi hashirimasu.
I run every day.
Maiban hon o yomimasu.
I read a book every night.
🎓 Explanation
To talk about habits or recurring events, Japanese uses the prefix 毎 (mai) which means 'every'.
Common combinations include 毎日 (mainichi) for every day, 毎朝 (maiasa) for every morning, and 毎週 (maishū) for every week.
Unlike English, these time expressions usually appear at the beginning of the sentence or right after the topic, and they do not require a particle like 'on' or 'at'.
Mainichi kōhī o nomimasu.
= 'I drink coffee every day.'
Maishū tenisu o shimasu.
= 'I play tennis every week.'
📝 Quiz
How do you say 'I study every morning' in Japanese?