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three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row

Expression notably used by public broadcaster NHK

long holiday (consisting of one or two weekends and multiple public holidays; esp. Golden Week)

break (from work, etc.); recess

half-holiday; taking half of the day off

post-exam vacation; time off from school after end-of-term tests

to say things to ease one's mind

Abbreviation

compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu

to ease up; to relax attention

Food, cooking

entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

childcare leave; maternity leave; paternity leave

summer vacation

stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break

substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

compensatory day off work (for having worked on a holiday, etc.)

without a holiday; nonstop

adjournment; pause; moratorium; temporary suspension

Proverb

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

to rest; to relax

winter vacation (holidays)

five-day workweek system; five-day school week system

system of having two days off in at least one week each month

Abbreviation

regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day

childcare leave (taken after the compulsory maternity leave)

to be (feel) rested

Transitive verb

taking the whole day (week, period, etc.) off; being off work (school, etc.) the whole period

suspension of all (transportation) services (e.g. trains, flights)

legal holiday