国こく民みんの休きゅう日じつ

expression, noun

citizen's holiday; sandwich holiday

A legal term for a weekday that falls between two national holidays, automatically becoming a holiday. Between 1985 and 2006, May 4 was designated as 国民の休日; it was later replaced by みどりの日 (Greenery Day).

See also: みどりの日 (みどりのひ)

• 5月がつ4日かは、かつて国こく民みんの休きゅう日じつと呼よばれていた。

  May 4th was once called Citizen's Holiday.

• 祝しゅく日じつと祝しゅく日じつに挟はさまれた平へい日じつは、国こく民みんの休きゅう日じつとなる。

  A weekday sandwiched between two national holidays becomes a Citizen's Holiday.