連休

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	休
れん Grade: 4	きゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 連 (ren, “consecutive”) +‎ 休 (kyū, “day off”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れんきゅう [rèńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨː]

Noun

連(れん)休(きゅう) • (renkyū)

consecutive days off, consecutive holidays
そろそろ連(れん)休(きゅう)が終(お)わる
sorosoro renkyū ga owaru
the holiday is about over

Related terms

休(やす)み (yasu mi, “rest, vacation”)
休(きゅう)日(じつ) (kyūjitsu, “day off, holiday”)
連(れん)休(きゅう)明(あ)け (renkyū a ke, “after the holidays”)

References

^ 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