祝日 (しゅくじつ): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

祝日 (しゅくじつ) means national holiday / public holiday.

See example sentences below.

祝日 at a glance

祝日

しゅくじつshukujitsu

N2noun

national holiday / public holiday

祝日しゅくじつshukujitsuN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

national holiday / public holiday

Example 1

祝日は学校が休みです。

Translation

Schools are off on national holidays.

Example 2

祝日に家族と出かけました。

Translation

I went out with my family on the holiday.