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ゴールデンウィーク (goorudenwiiku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
ゴールデンウィーク also: ゴールデン・ウィーク · ゴールデンウイーク · ゴールデン・ウイーク · ゴルデンウィーク
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Golden Week is a nine-day holiday period this year.
The Shinkansen is crowded during Golden Week.
Usage patterns ゴールデンウィーク 中ちゅう に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something during Golden Week
We're planning a family trip during Golden Week.
ゴールデンウィーク 明あ け right after Golden Week ends
Work gets busy right after Golden Week ends.
ゴールデンウィークを 利り 用よう して 〈 事こと 〉 to take advantage of Golden Week to do something
I took advantage of Golden Week to go back to my hometown.
Related words 大型連休 is a more formal, descriptive term for any long holiday stretch, while ゴールデンウィーク specifically names the late-April to early-May holiday period.
連休 just means consecutive days off and can refer to any short holiday run, whereas ゴールデンウィーク is the specific spring holiday cluster.
ＧＷ is the common abbreviation for ゴールデンウィーク, which is the full, slightly more formal name for the same holiday period.
Etymology A katakana name corresponding to the English-looking phrase “Golden Week.” No detailed historical etymology is specified.
