大多数の日本人従業員は夏休みを３日以上連続して取りたいと考えている。

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English Translation

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

Furigana

大(だい)多数(たすう)の日本人(にっぽんじん)従業員(じゅうぎょういん)は夏休(なつやす)みを３日(にち)以上(いじょう)連続(れんぞく)して取(と)りたいと考(かんが)えている。

Romanji

Dai tasū no nipponjin jūgyōin wa natsuyasumi o san nichi ijō renzokushite toritai to kangaeteiru.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

多数 (たすう)

great number; countless; majority

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

従業員 (じゅうぎょういん)

employee; worker

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

夏休み (なつやすみ)

summer vacation; summer holiday

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

連続 (れんぞく)

serial; consecutive; continuity; occurring in succession; continuing

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on