JapanLingo

習慣しゅうかん

shuukan

habit

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 習慣 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “habit” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

hayane hayaoki no shuukan o tsuketai desu.

I want to build a habit of going to bed and getting up early.

Example 2

nihon no kaisha no shuukan ni nareru made, hantoshi gurai kakarimashita.

It took about half a year to get used to Japanese company customs.