Golden Week Holidays May Be Extended

JAPANese Notes | ゴールデンウィークの休日がさらに増える?

Golden Week Holidays May Be Extended

Many public holidays fall between late April to early May, and this period is called Golden Week in Japan. April 29 is “Showa Day,” May 3 is “Constitution Memorial Day,” May 4 is “Greenery Day,” and May 5 is “Children’s Day.” May 1, 2019 is the day Prince Naruhito is scheduled to be crowned Emperor. Plans have been put forward to make that day and the intervening days a public holiday. If these plans come to fruition, Golden Week 2019 will last ten days straight – this includes Saturdays and Sundays.

4月しがつ
shigatsu
April
まつ
matsu
late
から
kara
to
5月ごがつ
gogatsu
May
上旬じょうじゅん
joujunn
early
あいだ
no aida ni
between
祝日しゅくじつ
shukujitsu ga
public holidays
たくさん
takusann
many
あり、
ari,
fall and
日本にほん
nihonn
Japan
では
deha
in
この
kono
this
期間きかん
kikann wo
period
ゴールデンウィークごーるでんうぃーく
go-rudenn’whi-ku
Golden Week
といいます。
to iimasu.
is called
4月しがつ29にじゅうくにち
shigatsu nijuuku nichi ha
April twenty-nineth
昭和しょうわ」、
“shouwa no hi”,
Showa Day (is)
5月ごがつ3日みっか
gogatsu mikka ha
May third
憲法けんぽう記念日きねんび」、
“kennpou’kinennbi”,
Constitution Memorial Day (is)
5月ごがつ4日よっか
gogatsu yokka ha
May fourth
「みどりの」、
“midori no hi”,
Greenery Day (is)
5月ごがつ5日いつか
gogatsu itsuka ha
(and) May fifth
「こどもの
“kodomo no hi”
Children’s Day
です。
desu.
is
2019にせんじゅうきゅうねん
nisenn juukyuunenn
two thousand nineteen [year]
5月ごがつ1日ついたち
gogatsu tsuitachii ni
May first
皇太子こうたいしさまが
koutaishi sama ga
Prince Naruhito
天皇てんのう即位そくい
tennnou ni sokui
(is the day) to be crowned Emperor
されます。
sare masu.
is scheduled
その
sono hi
that day
と、
to,
and
祝日しゅくじつ祝日しゅくじつはさまれた
shukujitsu to shukujitsu ni hasamareta hi mo
(the) intervening days <public holidays>
休日きゅうじつ
kyuujitsu
(a) public holiday
にする
ni suru
to make
あんされています。
ann ga dasarete imasu.
plans have been put forward
これらが
korera ga
these (plans)
実現じつげんする
jitsugenn suru
come to fruition
と、
to,
if
2019にせんじゅうきゅうねん
nisenn juukyuu nenn no
two thousand nineteen [year]
ゴールデンウィークごーるでんうぃーく
go-rudenn’whi-ku ha
Golden Week
土日どにち
donichi wo
Saturdays and Sundays
ふくめると
fukumeru to
(this) includes
10じゅう連休れんきゅうになります。
juu rennkyuu ni nari masu.
will last ten days straight

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