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冬休み

Winter Holiday


Meaning

Winter Holiday, Winter Break, Winter Vacation

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The winter rest! Wait, nobody calls it that. This is a winter holiday or winter break.


Reading

ふゆやすみ

Explanation

The readings for these are both the kun'yomi readings. Hopefully you learned them when you were doing vocab in the previous levels so that all you have to do now is combine the two separate words into one bigger word. Please don't take a winter break until you figure this word out.


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 冬休みの前

    before winter break

    冬休みの生活

    life during winter break

    冬休みのエピソード

    anecdotes from winter break

  • 冬休み前

    before winter break

    冬休みあけ

    the end of winter break, right after winter break

    冬休み中

    during winter break

  • 冬休みに行く

    to go during winter break

    冬休みに入る

    to enter winter break

    冬休みになる

    to become winter break

Context Sentences

十一月と十二月は、冬休みです。

November and December are winter vacation.

冬休みには、大したプランはありません。

There are no big plans during winter vacation.

冬休みは毎年、南の国に行きます。

Every year during winter vacation, I go to a country in the south.


Kanji Composition