Summer Vacation
Summer Break, Summer Holiday
noun
You know that 夏 means summer and 休 means rest. What is a "summer rest" though? It's a summer break or summer vacation.
なつやすみ
The readings are kun'yomi readings because this word is essentially two separate words put together into one word. You should know the reading for 夏 from the kanji and the reading for 休み from the vocab.
夏休みは、一ヶ月あります。
Summer vacation is one month long.
夏休みにおきなわでダイビングをした時、しんじられないくらいたく山のしゅるいの魚を見ることができました！
I can't believe all the different kinds of fish we saw when diving in Okinawa during summer break.
小さいころ、夏休みに両親がディズニーランドに連れて行ってくれました。でも、帰り際、両親は何と私のことを忘れて帰ってしまったのです。あの時だけは、迷子になったことを嬉しく思いましたね。
When I was a kid, my parents took me to Disney Land for summer vacation, but they forgot me there when they left. It was the only time I was happy to be lost.