ズル休み
ずるやすみ
skipping school or work (without a good reason); playing truant; playing hooky
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive
skipping school or work (without a good reason); playing truant; playing hooky
Example sentences
学校、ズル休みしようぜ!
Let's play hooky.
トムは、学校をズル休みした。
Tom skipped school.
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Did you play hooky yesterday?
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Let's play hooky today.
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Let's play hooky tomorrow.
More examples (7)
学校をズル休みしたことって、ある?
Have you ever played hooky?
多くの学童は、少なくとも一回以上、ズル休みをしたことがあるだろう。
Every school kid has played hooky at one time or another.
「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."
よくずる休みするよ。
I often play truant.
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Let's skip school and go see the movie.
お父さんは病気でも何でもない。ただずる休みしたいだけに違いない。
Dad isn't sick or anything like that. I'm sure he just wants to laze around.
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.