夏休み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なつ
Grade: 2
やす
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つやすみ [nàtsúyáꜜsùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠t͡sɨja̠sɨmʲi]

Noun

(なつ)(やす) • (natsuyasumi

  1. the summer vacation; summer break
    今年(ことし)夏休(なつやす)はいつもより(すこ)(みじか)い。
    Kotoshi no natsuyasumi wa itsumo yori sukoshi mijikai.
    This year's summer vacation is slightly shorter than usual.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN