ズル休み

Meaning

1. nvsvt
   skipping school or work (without a good reason); playing truant; playing hooky

Example sentences

• 「ああ・・・ちょっと、体調が優れなくて」「そうなんだ。大丈夫か？」「うふふ。実はズル休みなんです」

  "Ah ... I'm just not feeling so well" "Really? Are you OK?" "Heh-heh. Actually I'm playing hooky."

• 学校をずる休みして、映画を見に行こう。

  Let's skip school and go see the movie.

• 今日の田中君が休んだ理由は、おばあさんが亡くなったって？確か先月も先々月もそう言ってなかったか？ずる休みするにしても、もう少しましな理由はないのかね。

  So the reason that Tanaka stayed home today was because his grandmother died? Didn't he say that last month, and the month before that, too? Skipping is one thing, but I'd like him to at least come up with a better excuse than that.