Meaning

Primary

Winter Holiday

Alternatives

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
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

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

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

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