祝日|しゅくじつshukujitsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivenational holiday; public holiday
   その日ひは国会こっかいの法令ほうれいによって祝日しゅくじつになった。↗

   That day was made a holiday by an act of the diet.

• Synonym祝祭日しゅくさいじつWrittenA blanket term for holidays and festival days together — public holidays as a whole; leans formal.
• Related公休日こうきゅうびWrittenA day off set by law or by one's workplace; leans administrative, while 「祝日」 refers strictly to national holidays.
• Related公休こうきゅうWrittenA workplace-designated day off, focused on employee leave, as in 「公休をとる」; mostly written usage.
• Antonym平日へいじつNeutralOrdinary days that are neither Sundays nor holidays; the direct opposite of 「祝日」.

Use 「祝日」 for national holidays. For holidays and festival days taken together, say 「祝祭日」; for legal or workplace days off, 「公休日」 (「公休」 for employee leave). 「平日」 is for ordinary non-holiday days.

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1. 国くにおよび国民こくみん一般いっぱんの恒例こうれいの、国くににまつわる出来事できごとを記念きねんしたり、功績こうせき者しゃをたたえたりする目的もくてきで、祝いわい日ひとして制定せいていされた記念日きねんび。
2. 日本にっぽんにおいては「国民の祝日こくみんのしゅくじつに関かんする法律ほうりつ」で「祝日しゅくじつ」として定さだめられている日ひ。