育児休業
いくじきゅうぎょう
- childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave n
Kanji
育
イク
そだ.つ • そだ.ち • そだ.てる • はぐく.む
bring up; grow up; raise; rear
児
ジ • ニ • ゲイ
こ • -こ • -っこ
newborn babe; child; young of animals
休
キュウ
やす.む • やす.まる • やす.める
rest; day off; retire; sleep
業
ギョウ • ゴウ
わざ
business; vocation; arts; performance
Synonyms
出産休暇
しゅっさんきゅうか
- maternity leave; eight weeks of compulsory leave following childbirth, plus an optional further six weeks n
- paternity leave n