Meaning of 夏休 in Japanese

The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?

Thanks to you getting him badly injured, all of that kid's summer plans came to nothing!

Not satisfied with cancelling the company information session at the last moment, to be watching anime from the first day of summer break ... you must really be confident.

Have fun this summer!

I am looking forward to walking around the Izu Peninsula with some of my friends during summer vacation.

We're longing for the summer vacation.

She can hardly wait for the summer vacation.

She changed her hairstyle during summer vacation.

About 50 percent of the firms in Japan have acknowledged the necessity of giving their workers longer holidays, and think summer holidays are needed to give their workers both mental and physical refreshment.

A majority of Japanese workers plan to take more than three consecutive days of summer vacation.