using up paid vacation days; taking all remaining paid leave
Refers to the practice of consuming all accrued paid leave, often before leaving a job or at the end of a year. Common in workplace contexts.
I applied to use up my paid vacation days before resigning.
I'm not making much progress on using up my paid leave.
有給休暇 is the formal term for 'paid vacation' itself, while 有給消化 refers specifically to the act of using it up.
Standard kanji spelling using 有給 (paid leave) and 消化 (consumption/using up).
Common variant using 有休, an abbreviation of 有給休暇 (paid vacation).
Compound of 有給 (paid leave) and 消化 (digestion; using up). The variant 有休消化 uses the abbreviation 有休 for 有給休暇.