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1 | What Happens When Japan Goes on a Week-Long Vacation? | Inona No Mitranga Rehefa Mahazo Herinandro Lavabe Ho Fialantsasatra i Japana? |
2 | Golden Week at Osaka JR station, May 4, 2007, photo by Chris Gladis. | Herinandro Volamena tao Amin'ny toby fiantsonana Osaka JR, 4 May 2007, sary an'i Chris Gladis. |
3 | CC 2.0. | CC 2.0. |
4 | There are mixed emotions as Japan's “Golden Week” extended holiday wraps up. | Mifamahofaho ny fihetsehampo rehefa mifarana ny “Herinandro Volamena”,fialantsasatra lava be tao Japana. |
5 | Some are sad to return to work, while others are happy that family is out of the house and life will return to normal. | Ny sasany malahelo hiverina hiasa, raha ny hafa indray faly fa mivoaka ny trano ny fianakaviana ary miverina ho toy ny isanandro ny fiainana. |
6 | Golden Week is a cluster of holidays in Japan that falls at the end of April and the beginning of May, and many Japanese workers get about a week off. In 2015, the “week” began on April 29. | Fitambaran'ireo fialantsasatra mitontona amin'ny faran'ny Aprily sy ny fiantombohan'ny May ny Herinandro Volamena ao Japana, ary marobe ny Japone no mahazo herinandro tsy hiasàna. Ho an'ny 2015, nanomboka ny 29 Aprily ilay “herinandro”. |
7 | Since it is common in Japan for most people to go on vacation at the same time, the beginning and the end of Golden Week means massive numbers of people out on the roads, on the trains, and in airports. | Nanomboka tamin'ny naha-zava-mahazatra ny ankamaroan'ny olona ao Japana ny fandehanana miala sasatra aminà fotoana mitovy, ny fiantombohana sy fiafaràn'ny Herinandro Volamena dia midika fivoahan'olona marobe eny an'arabe, eny anaty fiarandalamby, eny amin'ny seranam-piaramanidina. |
8 | The end of a Golden Week, known as the “U-Turn” rush, as millions of people return home, is a favorite topic of newscasts: | Ny fiafaràn'ny Herinandro Volamena, fantatra amin'ny hoe hazakazaka “U-Turn” (ny kihon-dàlana farany), satria an-tapitrisa ireo olona mandeha miverina mody, no lohahevitra iray tena ankafizin'ireo mpamoaka vaovao: |
9 | [Caption] Final day of Golden Week: U-Turn rush causes crowds to pour through airports and train stations. | [Maribolana] Ny andro farany amin'ny Herinandro Volamena: miteraka firohotan'olona marobe mivoaka avy amin'ireo seranam-piaramanidina sy toby fiantsonan'ny fiarandalamby ny hazakazaka U-Turn. |
10 | Golden Week is typically the longest vacation stretch enjoyed in Japan during the year. | Mandritry ny taona dia ny Herinandro Volamena no fialantsasatra lava indrindra tena ankafizina ao Japana amin'ny ankapobeny. |
11 | Unlike other extended holidays such New Year's at the beginning of January and O-Bon, the festival of the dead in mid-August, which are gatherings for extended family, Golden Week can be celebrated as one pleases. | Tsy toy ireo fialantsasatra hafa nitarina, toy ny Taombaovao amin'ny fiandohan'ny Janoary sy ny O-Bon, ilay fetibe ho an'ny maty rehefa tapaky ny volana Aogositra, izay fotoam-pihaonana ho an'ireo fianakaviana midadasika, fa azo ankalazaina amin'izay itiavanao azy ny Herinandro Volamena. |
12 | The Golden Week holidays originated in the postwar era as a way to allow urban dwellers to return to the countryside to help plant rice on small family farms. | Tany amin'ny vanimpotoana taorian'ny ady no nipoiran'ny Herinandro Volamena, natao ho fomba iray hahafahan'ireo any andrenivohitra mandeha miverina any ambanivohitra mba hanampy amin'ny fambolena vary any amin'ireo toeram-pambolena kelin'ny fianakaviana. |
13 | Even to this day, as a matter of fact, such small farms still dominate Japan's rural landscape: | Na amin'izao andro izao aza, raha ny zava-misy, dia mbola mibahana toerana hatrany ao Japana ny tontolon'ny fambolena madinidinika: |
14 | This Golden Week I went back home to plant rice. | Tamin'ity Herinandro Volamena ity, nandeha namboly vary aho. |
15 | I'm bagged… (^o^;) | Tratrako ny tanjoko… (^o^;) |
16 | However, for many people in Japan, Golden Week means at least a week away from work. | Kenefa, ho an'ny olona maro ao Japana, farafahakeliny ny Herinandro Volamena dia midika herinandro iray hialàna lavitra ny asa aman-draharaha. |
17 | Like anyone else, Japanese people often dread returning to work after such an extended vacation: | Toy ny olon-drehetra, dia mahakamokamo ny Japone ny fiverenana miasa aorian'ny fialantsasatra lavabe tahaka izany: |
18 | GOLDEN WEEK IS OVER | TAPITRA NY HERINANDRO VOLAMENA |
19 | Of course, there is the typical problem of an overflowing inbox: | Mazava ho azy, eo ny olona ateraky ny fahafenoan'ny vata fandraisana hafatra: |
20 | The reality that Golden Week is over sets in when I notice I have 1,158 unread emails in my inbox. | Ny tena zava-misy ahitàna fa tapitra ny Herinandro Volamena dia rehefa mahamarika aho fa misy hafatra 1.158 tsy voavaky ao anaty vata fandraisako. |
21 | On the other hand, some people are relieved to return to the comfort of life's routines: | Amin'ny lafiny iray, maivamaivana ery ny olona sasany hiverina amin'ny fitsotsòran'ny fiainany isanandro: |
22 | Golden Week is finally over. | Tapitra ihany nony farany ny Herinandro Volamena. |
23 | My husband is going back to work, and the kid is going back to kindergarten. | Lasa niverina niasa ny vadiko, ary niverina any amin'ny akanin-jaza ny ankizy. |
24 | Finally I can go to the bathroom in peace. | Afaka mba mandeha misaika am-pilaminana ihany aho lahy. |
25 | The opportunity to enjoy so much time away from work can ironically become a source of stress: | Toa maneso sy lasa loharanonà rarin-tsaina indray ny fahafahana misitraka fotoana lavabe tsy fiasàna : |
26 | Golden Week is finally over. | Tapitra ihany nony farany ny Herinandro Volamena. |
27 | My husband also used some of his vacation days to take a total of nine days off, and he's been totally zoned out the whole time. | Nampiasain'ny vadiko ihany koa ny sasany tamin'ny fotoana fialàny sasatra mba hakàna andro sivy itsaharana, ary dia mivoaka foana no lahasany mandritry ny andro. |
28 | What a treat. | Fifaliana re izany. |
29 | At the beginning he was all “I have 9 days off in a row!” but by the halfway mark it became a depressing countdown: “Just 3 days left… just 2 days left.” | Tany ampiandohana dia hoy izy “manana sivy andro misesy be izao aho hitsaharana!” saingy teny an-tenantenany teny dia nanjary lasa fanisàna andro nankarary an-doha: “3 andro sisa tavela… 2 andro sisa tavela.” |
30 | Anyway, I have to get ready for my part-time job. | Izany eo ihany, tsy maintsy miomana hamonjy ny asa tapak'androko aho. |
31 | For the rest of us life is back to normal. | Miverina ho amin'ny andavanandro ny fiainana ho an'ny sisa rehetra taminay. |
32 | For homemakers, Golden Week can actually mean more work: | Ho an'ireo mpikarakara tokantrano, mety hidika tanteraka fitomboan'ny asa bebe kokoa ny Herinandro Volamena : |
33 | Golden Week is finally over. | Tapitra ihany nony farany ny Herinandro Volamena. |
34 | As soon as Golden Week began my husband came down with a 38 degree fever, and spent the second half of the holiday in bed. | Raha vao niandoha ny Herinandro Volamena dia efa tazo 38° no nentin'ny vadiko, ary tao am-pandriana no nandaniany ny tapaky ny fialantsasatra. |
35 | I spent the entire time nursing him and looking after our daughter. | Laniko tamin'ny fikarakaràna azy sy fanarahana maso ny zanakay vavy ny fotoanako manontolo. |
36 | I'm way more tired than I would be on a regular day. | Reraka kokoa noho ny andavanandro aho. |
37 | (ー ー;) *whew* I wish I had a high fever so I could sleep for 4 days, but that would be out of the question. | (ー ー;) *offff* tiako raha mba voan'ny tazo aho dia ho afaka mitsotsòtra am-pandriana mandritry ny andro efatra, saingy tsy misy resaka mihitsy ny amin'izany. |
38 | Not everyone was happy to see the end of Golden Week. | Tsy ny tsirairay no faly nahita ny fiafaràn'ny Herinandro Volamena. |
39 | Today we celebrated the end of Golden Week by celebrating my wife's birthday. | Androany izahay nankalaza ny fiafaran'ny Herinandro Volamena tamin'ny fankalazana ny andro nahaterahan'ny vadiko. |
40 | We went out for Korean BBQ - her choice, even though we ate a ton of BBQ yesterday. | Nandeha nivoaka tany amin'ny Korean BBQ - safidiny, na dia efa aman-taoniny aza ny BBQ laninay ny omalin'io. |
41 | That's my wife. ☆ | Izay ilay vadiko izay. ☆ |
42 | Others are already waiting for the next extended holiday, “Silver Week”, in September. | Ny sasany efa miandrandra sahady ny fialantsasatra lavabe manaraka, ny “Herinandro Volafotsy”, amin'ny Septambra. |
43 | While Golden Week may be over, never fear! | Rahatoa mifarana ny Herinandro Volamena, aza matahotra! |
44 | Silver Week is just around the corner! | Efa manangasanga any ny Herinandro Volafotsy! |