連休

れんきゅう · renkyuu · JLPT N1 · noun

vacation

📅 連 = in a row, 休 = rest: rest days strung together in a row

連 means chain or run in succession, and 休 means rest or day off. Together they name a run of days off in a row, such as a long weekend stretched by a public holiday.

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