育いく児じ休きゅう業ぎょう

noun

childcare leave

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).

See also: 出産休暇

• 育いく児じ休きゅう業ぎょうを取しゅ得とくして、1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.