祝しゅく日じつ

しゅ

く

じ

つ

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to a day designated by law as a holiday, such as New Year's Day or Culture Day. Often used with の to modify nouns (e.g., 祝日の予定).

〈日ひ〉が祝しゅく日じつにあたるfor a day to fall on a national holiday
今こん年ねんは元がん日じつが土ど曜よう日びにあたるので、祝しゅく日じつが一いち日にち減へる。
Since New Year's Day falls on a Saturday this year, there is one fewer holiday.
祝しゅく日じつを利り用ようして〈動どう詞し〉to take advantage of a holiday to do something
祝しゅく日じつを利り用ようして家か族ぞくで旅りょ行こうに行いった。
We took advantage of the holiday to go on a family trip.
祝しゅく日じつは〈場ば所しょ〉が休やすみになるa place is closed on national holidays
祝しゅく日じつは市し役やく所しょが休やすみになる。
The city hall is closed on national holidays.

休きゅう日じつN1
休日 is any day off work or school (including weekends), while 祝日 specifically refers to a legally designated national holiday.
祭さい日じつN3
祭日 historically referred to a day of religious or imperial ceremony, whereas 祝日 is the modern legal term for a public holiday.
祝しゅく
祝 is the clipped, compact form used on calendars and signs, while 祝日 is the full word for 'public holiday' used in ordinary sentences.
連れん休きゅうN3
祝日 refers to an official national holiday, whereas 連休 can combine holidays, weekends, and other days off into one consecutive stretch.

平へい日じつN4
平日 means an ordinary weekday, the direct opposite of 祝日, a designated public holiday.

Compound of 祝 (しゅく, 'celebration') and 日 (じつ, 'day'). The reading しゅくじつ is the standard on'yomi.