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アサヒビールは子こ供どもの誕生日たんじょうびや運うん動どう会かいなどのために休きゅう暇かを取とれる「子こ育そだて休きゅう暇か」を導どう入にゅうした。中学校ちゅうがっこう入にゅう学がく前まえの子こ供どもを持もつ社しゃ員いんが対たい象しょうで、子こ供どもが一ひと人りの場ば合あいは年とし5日にち、二ふた人り以い上じょうの場ば合あいは年とし10日にちまで休やすめる。育いく児じ・介かい護ご休きゅう業ぎょう法ほうでは、未み就しゅう学がく児じ（注1）の病びょう気き・けがの看かん護ごを目もく的てきとする休きゅう暇かの取しゅ得とくを認みとめている。アサヒは要よう件けん（注2）を育いく児じ全ぜん体たいに広ひろげ、社しゃ員いんの子こ育そだてを後あと押おしする。

新しん制せい度どは9月つき1日ひ付づけで新しん設せつした。子こ供どもが3歳さい未み満まんなら有ゆう給きゅう、3歳さい以い上じょうなら無む給きゅうで休きゅう暇かを取とれる。理り由ゆうは子こ供どもの誕生日たんじょうびや入にゅう学がく式しきのほか、PTA（注3）への参さん加かなど「育いく児じ全ぜん般ぱんに関かんする幅はば広ひろい事じ由ゆう」とする。これまでは看かん護ごで休やすむ際さいにも診しん断だん書しょや薬袋みないのコピーなどを証しょう拠ことして提てい出しゅつする必ひつ要ようがあったが、新しん制せい度どは申しん請せいするだけで利り用ようできる。

新しん制せい度どで育いく児じ中ちゅうの女じょ性せい社しゃ員いんの負ふ担たんを軽けい減げんすると同どう時じに、男だん性せい社しゃ員いんの育いく児じ参さん加かを促うながす。育いく児じ・介かい護ご休きゅう業ぎょう法ほうに基もとづく休きゅう暇かは育いく児じをする女じょ性せいのほとんどが取しゅ得とくしているものの、男だん性せいの取しゅ得とく率りつは3%にとどまっている。同どう社しゃには最さい大だい2年ねん間かんを無む給きゅうで休やすめる育いく児じ休きゅう業ぎょう制せい度どもあるが、利り用ようできる制せい度どの選せん択たく肢しを増ふやす必ひつ要ようがあると判はん断だんした。

（「子こ育そだて休きゅう暇か」2007年ねん9月つき5日ひ付づけ日本経済新聞にほんけいざいしんぶんによる）

（注ちゅう1）未み就しゅう学がく児じ：小学校しょうがっこうに入はいる前まえの子こ供ども

（注ちゅう2）要よう件けん：必ひつ要ような条じょう件けん

（注ちゅう3）PTA：学校がっこうの先せん生せいと父ちち母ははの会かい

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  1. 1「子育て休暇」の目的は何か。
  2. 2「子育て休暇」を取るのに必要な条件はどれか。
  3. 3この休暇を取るときに、どんな手続きが必要か。

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Vocabulary7 words
  • 育児いくじ
    • ·childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
    N2
  • 休業きゅうぎょう
    • ·suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
    N2
  • 広げるひろげるAs it appears here: 広げ
    • ·to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden
    • ·to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap
    • ·to scatter about; to spread around
    • ·to make flourish; to cause to prosper
    N2
  • 全般ぜんぱん
    • ·(the) whole
    • ·as a whole; in general; at large
    N2
  • 申請しんせい
    • ·application; request; petition
    N2
  • 増やすふやす
    • ·to increase; to add to; to augment
    N2
  • 父母ちちはは
    • ·father and mother; parents
    N2
Other levels62 words
  • 子供こども
    • ·child; children
    N5
  • 誕生日たんじょうび
    • ·birthday
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: した
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 前まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • 持つもつ
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    N5
  • 一人ひとり
    • ·one person
    • ·being alone; being by oneself
    • ·being single; being unmarried
    • ·by oneself; alone
    • ·just; only; simply
    N5
  • 年とし
    • ·year
    • ·age; years
    • ·past one's prime; old age
    N5
  • 二人ふたり
    • ·two persons; two people; pair; couple
    N5
  • 病気びょうき
    • ·illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
    • ·bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
    • ·crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head
    N5
  • する
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • ほか
    • ·another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
    • ·another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
    • ·beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
    • ·except; but; other than; apart from
    • ·besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 休むやすむ
    • ·to be absent; to take a day off
    • ·to rest; to have a break
    • ·to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
    • ·to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あった
    • ·to be; to exist; to live
    • ·to have
    • ·to be located
    • ·to be equipped with
    • ·to happen; to come about
    • ·to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    N5
  • できる
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: して
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • ある
    • ·to be; to exist; to live
    • ·to have
    • ·to be located
    • ·to be equipped with
    • ·to happen; to come about
    • ·to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    N5
  • 入るはいる
    • ·to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive
    • ·to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into
    • ·to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category)
    • ·to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated
    • ·to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed
    • ·to be received; to be obtained
    • ·to be scored (of points); to be won (of votes)
    • ·to turn on; to start functioning; to start working
    • ·to enter (a month, season, etc.); to reach (e.g. a climax); to get to (e.g. the main topic); to enter into (e.g. negotiations); to start (doing); to begin
    • ·to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.); to develop
    • ·to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.); to be applied (e.g. of strength)
    • ·to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.); to be made
    • ·to enter the body (of alcohol); to become drunk
    N5
  • 学校がっこう
    • ·school
    N5
  • 先生せんせい
    • ·teacher; instructor; master
    • ·sensei; (expl.) title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
    • ·(expl.) intimate or teasing form of address
    • ·one's elder
    N5
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 中学校ちゅうがっこう
    • ·junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
    N4
  • 入学にゅうがく
    • ·admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
    N4
  • 場合ばあい
    • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
    N4
  • 以上いじょう
    • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
    • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
    • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
    • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
    • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
    N4
  • 理由りゆう
    • ·reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
    N4
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    N4
  • 利用りよう
    • ·use; utilization; utilisation; application
    N4
  • 女性じょせい
    • ·woman; female
    • ·feminine gender
    N4
  • 男性だんせい
    • ·man; male
    • ·masculine gender
    N4
  • ほとんど
    • ·almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
    • ·hardly; barely; scarcely; little
    • ·large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
    N4
  • 小学校しょうがっこう
    • ·primary school; elementary school; grade school
    N4
  • 休暇きゅうか
    • ·holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
    N3
  • 取れるとれる
    • ·to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)
    • ·to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to come out (of a stain); to come off (e.g. of dust); to be removed (e.g. of wrinkles)
    • ·to be harvested; to be picked; to be produced; to be caught (of fish); to be obtained; to be extracted
    • ·to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as); to be understood (as); to be read (as)
    • ·to be attained (of balance, harmony, etc.); to be achieved
    • ·to be able to get; to be able to obtain; to be able to secure; to be able to win; to be able to catch
    N3
  • 対象たいしょう
    • ·target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
    N3
  • 日にち
    • ·Sunday
    • ·nth day (of the month)
    • ·counter for days
    • ·Japan
    N3
  • 法ほう
    • ·law; act; principle
    • ·method
    • ·mood
    • ·dharma; law
    N3
  • けが
    • ·injury; wound
    • ·mistake; accident; loss
    N3
  • 目的もくてき
    • ·purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
    N3
  • 認めるみとめるAs it appears here: 認めて
    • ·to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice
    • ·to deem; to judge; to assess
    • ·to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow
    • ·to admit; to accept; to confess (to a charge)
    • ·to watch steadily; to observe carefully
    • ·to renown; to give renown to; to appreciate; to acknowledge
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 日付ひづけ
    • ·date; dating
    N3
  • 参加さんか
    • ·participation; joining; entry
    N3
  • 提出ていしゅつ
    • ·presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
    N3
  • 中ちゅう
    • ·medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle
    • ·in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among
    • ·during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout
    • ·currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation)
    • ·middle way; moderation
    • ·second volume (of three)
    • ·junior high school; middle school
    • ·China
    N3
  • 基づくもとづく
    • ·to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with)
    • ·to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from); to originate (in)
    N3
  • 率りつ
    • ·rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
    N3
  • 年間ねんかん
    • ·(period of) a year
    • ·during the era (of)
    N3
  • 制度せいど
    • ·system; institution; organization; organisation
    N3
  • 判断はんだん
    • ·judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
    • ·divination
    • ·judgement
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 条件じょうけん
    • ·condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
    N3
  • 会かい
    • ·meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet
    • ·society; association; club
    N3
  • 導入どうにゅう
    • ·introduction; bringing in; installation; setting up; importation
    • ·introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
    N1
  • 休めるやすめる
    • ·to rest; to suspend; to give relief
    N1
  • 介護かいご
    • ·nursing; care; caregiving; caring
    N1
  • 看護かんご
    • ·nursing; (army) nurse
    N1
  • 証拠しょうこ
    • ·evidence; proof
    N1
  • 負担ふたん
    • ·burden; load; responsibility
    • ·bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
    N1
  • 軽減けいげん
    • ·abatement; reduction
    N1
  • 促すうながす
    • ·to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to)
    • ·to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken; to accelerate; to promote
    N1
  • とどまるAs it appears here: とどまって
    • ·to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
    • ·to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
    N1
Grammar4 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • 際にN2

    Formal 'on the occasion of / when', marking the time at which a (usually formal) action takes place.

    これまでは看護で休む際にも診断書や薬袋のコピーなどを証拠として提出する必要があったが、新制度は申請するだけで利用できる。

    Previously, even when taking leave to care for a sick child, employees had to submit evidence such as a medical certificate or a copy of a medicine bag, but under the new system they need only apply.

  • と同時にN2

    Marks two events as occurring at the same moment, or adds a concurrent second aspect — "at the same time as ~", "simultaneously; and also".

    新制度で育児中の女性社員の負担を軽減すると同時に、男性社員の育児参加を促す。

    The new system is intended both to ease the burden on female employees raising children and to encourage male employees to participate in child-rearing.

  • に基づいてN2

    Marks the standard, rule, or evidence an action rests on; 'based on / on the basis of'.

    育児・介護休業法に基づく休暇は育児をする女性のほとんどが取得しているものの、男性の取得率は3%にとどまっている。

    Although nearly all women raising children take leave under the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act, the rate among men remains only 3 percent.

  • もののN2

    Concessive connective — 'although / even though ~, ...'; concedes the first clause then states something that runs counter to it.

    育児・介護休業法に基づく休暇は育児をする女性のほとんどが取得しているものの、男性の取得率は3%にとどまっている。

    Although nearly all women raising children take leave under the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act, the rate among men remains only 3 percent.

Other levels10 patterns
  • ためにN3

    marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').

    アサヒビールは子供の誕生日や運動会などのために休暇を取れる「子育て休暇」を導入した。

    Asahi Beer has introduced “child-rearing leave,” which allows employees to take time off for occasions such as their children’s birthdays or school sports days.

  • に関する/に関してN3

    Marks the topic that the following statement concerns or relates to; "regarding, concerning, about."

    理由は子供の誕生日や入学式のほか、PTAへの参加など「育児全般に関する幅広い事由」とする。

    Reasons for taking leave include a child’s birthday, school entrance ceremony, participation in the PTA, and other “wide-ranging reasons related to child-rearing in general.”

  • としてN3

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    これまでは看護で休む際にも診断書や薬袋のコピーなどを証拠として提出する必要があったが、新制度は申請するだけで利用できる。

    Previously, even when taking leave to care for a sick child, employees had to submit evidence such as a medical certificate or a copy of a medicine bag, but under the new system they need only apply.

  • によって/によるN3

    Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

    （「子育て休暇」2007年9月5日付日本経済新聞による）

    (Based on “Child-Rearing Leave,” Nihon Keizai Shimbun, September 5, 2007)

  • などN43 times in this passage

    Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

    アサヒビールは子供の誕生日や運動会などのために休暇を取れる「子育て休暇」を導入した。

    Asahi Beer has introduced “child-rearing leave,” which allows employees to take time off for occasions such as their children’s birthdays or school sports days.

  • 場合は（ばあいは）N42 times in this passage

    States the situation or condition under which something applies — 'in the case of; in the event that; if'.

    中学校入学前の子供を持つ社員が対象で、子供が一人の場合は年5日、二人以上の場合は年10日まで休める。

    The program applies to employees whose children have not yet entered junior high school; those with one child may take up to five days a year, while those with two or more children may take up to ten days.

  • 必要がある（ひつようがある）N42 times in this passage

    States that doing something is necessary or required — 'need to, it is necessary to'.

    これまでは看護で休む際にも診断書や薬袋のコピーなどを証拠として提出する必要があったが、新制度は申請するだけで利用できる。

    Previously, even when taking leave to care for a sick child, employees had to submit evidence such as a medical certificate or a copy of a medicine bag, but under the new system they need only apply.

  • だけでN4

    'Just by / with only' — a single small condition alone is enough to produce the result.

    これまでは看護で休む際にも診断書や薬袋のコピーなどを証拠として提出する必要があったが、新制度は申請するだけで利用できる。

    Previously, even when taking leave to care for a sick child, employees had to submit evidence such as a medical certificate or a copy of a medicine bag, but under the new system they need only apply.

  • までN52 times in this passage

    Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."

    中学校入学前の子供を持つ社員が対象で、子供が一人の場合は年5日、二人以上の場合は年10日まで休める。

    The program applies to employees whose children have not yet entered junior high school; those with one child may take up to five days a year, while those with two or more children may take up to ten days.

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    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    育児・介護休業法では、未就学児の病気・けがの看護を目的とする休暇の取得を認めている。

    The Child Care and Family Care Leave Act permits employees to take leave to care for preschool children who are ill or injured.

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