ハッピーマンデー

noun

Happy Monday; Monday national holiday

Refers to a Japanese national holiday that has been moved to a Monday under the Happy Monday System, creating a three-day weekend. The most well-known example is Coming-of-Age Day (成人の日).

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from happy Monday

See also: 成人の日

• ハッピーマンデー制せい度どで、成せい人じんの日ひは一いち月がつの第だい二に月げつ曜よう日びになった。

  Under the Happy Monday system, Coming-of-Age Day was moved to the second Monday of January.