法ほう定てい休きゅう日じつ

noun

legal holiday; bank holiday

A holiday established by law, such as a national holiday or a legally mandated day off. In Japan, this often refers to holidays under the National Holidays Act.

• 明日あしたは法ほう定てい休きゅう日じつなので、銀ぎん行こうは休やすみです。

  Tomorrow is a legal holiday, so the banks are closed.

• 法ほう定てい休きゅう日じつに出しゅっ勤きんした場ば合あいは、割わり増まし賃ちん金ぎんが支し払はらわれます。

  If you work on a legal holiday, you will be paid overtime rates.