JLPT N5 · Time words

夏休み

なつやすみ

summer vacation

Stroke order of 夏休み

3 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

夏 · 10 strokes休 · 6 strokesみ · 2 strokes

Memory trick

夏 shows a head over a slow walking figure in heat; 休 is a person resting by a tree.

Parts: 夏 summer + 休 rest + み kana

The characters in 夏休み

夏なつ — summer (10 strokes)
みみ — mi (2 strokes)

Example sentence

夏休みに海へ行きます。

なつやすみにうみへいきます。

I go to the sea during summer vacation.

Words with 夏

Words with 休

休むto rest 休みrest; holiday; day off 冬休みwinter vacation 休日holiday; day off 休憩break; rest 昼休みlunch break 休暇holiday; leave 休養rest; recuperation

More words: Time words

時time; when 時々sometimes 後after; later 先ahead; earlier; tip 間between; during 初めbeginning 初めてfor the first time 次next 一緒together 昨夜last night 休みrest; holiday; day off 冬休みwinter vacation

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