飛(と)び石(いし)連休(れんきゅう)

とびいしれんきゅう
noun
run of holidays broken up by workdays
time-period
1. series of holidays with workdays in between
A stretch of the calendar in which public holidays fall close together but are separated by one or two ordinary workdays, so the days off do not form one continuous break. Literally 'stepping-stone consecutive holidays'.
今年(ことし)は飛(と)び石(いし)連休(れんきゅう)だ。
This year the holidays are broken up by workdays.
飛(と)び石(いし)連休(れんきゅう)なので遠出(とおで)はしない。
Since the holidays are split up by workdays, I won't take a long trip.
間(あいだ)の平日(へいじつ)に休(やす)みを取(と)れば、飛(と)び石(いし)連休(れんきゅう)が大型(おおがた)連休(れんきゅう)になる。
If you take the weekday in between off, the scattered holidays turn into one long break.

Named after 飛(と)び石(いし) (stepping stones), which are set apart from one another. The image is of days off dotted across the calendar with workdays between them, unlike a 大型(おおがた)連休(れんきゅう) (one long continuous holiday).

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Compare: 大型連休(おおがたれんきゅう) (a long, continuous run of consecutive…)
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