Word Meaning 祭日

さいじつ saijitsu

祭日 is read as さいじつ (saijitsu) and means national holiday.

Meaning

English

  1. national holiday
  2. festival day

Reading

Kana

さいじつ

Romaji

saijitsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 13189 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

祝祭日

しゅくさいじつ

national holiday

春日祭

かすがまつり

Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)

まつり

festival

祭る

まつる

to deify

祭神

さいじん

enshrined deity

祭礼

さいれい

(religious) festival

祭事

さいじ

festival

祭主

さいしゅ

(head) priest

祝日

しゅくじつ

national holiday

翌日

よくじつ

next day

駐日

ちゅうにち

resident in Japan

休刊日

きゅうかんび

newspaper holiday

Example Sentences

2

The next holiday falls on a Sunday.

When a holiday falls on Sunday, we have an extra holiday on Monday.