National Holiday
Public Holiday
noun, の adjective
A celebrate day is a day you get off to celebrate something awesome. More specifically, this is known as a national holiday or a public holiday. Festivus for the restivus!
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
今度の祝日の予定、もう立てた？
Have you made a plan for the next holiday already?
この間の祝日はヒマだったので、洋服の型を取ったりしていました。
I had nothing to do on the last holiday, so I was doing things like cutting out a paper pattern for a dress.
母は祝日はいつもかなり派手な格好をしている。
My mom always wears the most showy clothes on holidays.