With the sad disappearance of Silver Week workers in Japan won’t be getting much of a break this September. While those people that weren’t happy about the length of this year’s Golden Week can feel good about it, for the rest of us, the fact that we only get two Mondays off in a row (on September 16 and September 23 respectively) is a bummer.
Still, if you want to make a long weekend of it, requesting the Friday before off could be a good way to squeeze out some more rest time before the end of the Japanese summer.
So what’s the best way to ask for some vacation at work? Here’s a few phrases to help.
50 Shades of Time Off
年休 (ねんきゅう) = annual leave. You’ll hear this a lot if you’re working as an ALT or language teacher.
有休 (ゆうきゅう) = a holiday with pay (the standard way to refer to paid leave)
振替休日 (ふりかえきゅうじつ) = a holiday given to compensate for working outside one’s hours, also 代休 だいきゅう is used
病休 (びょうきゅう) = sick leave
Begin politely
When you want to get time off work, you will need to use your polite Japanese.
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Serrano
How to ask for time off in Japanese
Shitsureishimasu. ( for example, this Friday ) Konshuu no kinyoubi youji ga arunode boku yasumi torimasu.
Yoroshikuonegaishimasu.
Worked for me, hehe.
cleo
No wonder you're confused: the passive is a voice, not a tense.
Tense is about time; when something is/was/will be done.
Voice (passive, active) is about who does the action and who (or what) gets the action done to them.
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Vince Black
Take the time off and let them deal with itn
isoducky
What I loathe about this country is the need for employees to explain why they are taking time off even for plans made well in advance.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Just use your gaijin power and said in English