祭日 (saijitsu)
national holiday,festival day
- JLPT N2
- noun
- Pitch 0
- #32698 most frequent
Meaning
祭日 (さいじつ, saijitsu) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “national holiday,festival day”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
うちの会社は祭日は休みです。
At our company, we get national holidays off.
祭日は2月5日。
The festival day is February 5.
例祭日は2月19日。
The Rei-sai festival is on February 19.
例祭日は5月17日。
The annual festival is held on May 17.
例祭日は11月17日。
The annual festival is held on November 17.
今度の祭日は日曜日と重なります。
The next holiday falls on a Sunday.
祭日が日曜にダブると月曜が休みになる。
When a holiday falls on Sunday, we have an extra holiday on Monday.
皇室祭祀令により定められた大祭日及び小祭日を指す。
Ritual days refer to the days of major or minor religious rites specified by Imperial Household Religious Rites Ordinance.
大祭日の一部は祝日とともに国家の休日として法制化されたことから、祭日と祝日を合わせて祝祭日と称することも多い。
Since some of the major ritual days have been stipulated by law as national holidays, they are often called high days and holidays, combining the two meanings.