育いく児じ休きゅう業ぎょう

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Meanings

1

Leave taken after compulsory maternity leave to care for a child; a legal right in Japan. Often abbreviated as 育休 (いくきゅう).

年ねん

間かん

子こ

ども

と

過す

ごし

まし

た

。

I took childcare leave and spent a year with my child.

男だん性せいの育いく児じ休きゅう業ぎょう取しゅ得とく率りつはまだ低ひくい。

The rate of men taking childcare leave is still low.