節句働き

Reading

Kana: せっくばたらき

Romaji: sekkubataraki

Definition

noun

1

working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

Kanji

節

Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと

Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

句

Reading: ク

Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

働

Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)

Example Sentence

怠(なま)け者(もの)の節句働(せっくばたら)き。

➥In the evening the idle man begins to be busy.