holiday – Learning English and Japanese

Tsuke ga Mawaru (付けが回る – Deserving Thoughtless Behavior)

Tsuke ga Mawaru 付けが回る I have enjoyed Bon holidays and hardly worked for the last few days. 私はここ数日、長期休暇を満喫し、ほとんど仕事をしませんでした。 As a

Bon Holidays: Day 2 (August 15th) お盆休み　二日目（8月15日） Today, I decided to rest my body the whole day because I felt

Bon Holidays: Day 1 (August 13th) お盆休み　一日目（8月14日） During this period in Japan, many Japanese people are on Bon Holidays. この時期、日本はお盆休みです。

Ten Straight Days off 10連休 Japan has consecutive holidays called “Golden Week,” and its period is ten days in 2019.

Chinese New Year 旧正月 Today is the eve of Chinese New Year. 今日は旧正月の大晦日です。 Chinese (Lunar) New Year is celebrated in

Neshōgatsu 寝正月 Happy New Year. あけましておめでとうございます。 This year I have done ‘neshōgatsu‘ (寝正月). 今年は「寝正月」をしました。 ‘Ne‘ (寝) means “sleep” and ‘shōgatsu‘

Traffic Jams at Midnight 深夜の渋滞 Today is the Japanese national holiday called ‘Yama no Hi’ (山の日 – literally “Mountain Day”).

Midori no Hi みどりの日 Today is Midori no Hi (みどりの日). 今日は、みどりの日です。 Midori no Hi is a national holiday in Japan,