shukujitsu nanode, kyou wa kaisha ni ikanakute sumimasu.

topic particle

Breakdown of shukujitsu nanode, kyou wa kaisha ni ikanakute sumimasu.

• に: destination particle
• 行いく: to go
• 今きょ日う: today

Questions & Answers about shukujitsu nanode, kyou wa kaisha ni ikanakute sumimasu.

How do you read 祝日, and what does it refer to exactly?

祝日 is read しゅくじつ.

It means a public holiday / national holiday. In Japanese, it usually refers to an officially recognized holiday, not just any day off.

So 祝日なので means because it is a public holiday.

Why is なので used here instead of だから?

Both なので and だから can mean so / because of that, but they have different tones.

• なので sounds a bit softer and more neutral/polite
• だから sounds a bit more direct and conversational

Also, after a noun like 祝日, なので is very natural:

• 祝日なので = because it is a holiday

You could also hear:

• 祝日だから、今日は会社に行かなくて済みます。

That is also correct, just slightly different in tone.

Why is there no だ before なので? Why not 祝日だなので?

Because なので already connects properly to a noun by itself in modern Japanese.

With a noun:

• 学生なので
• 祝日なので

Not:

• 学生だなので
• 祝日だなので

Historically, there is a connection to だ, but in actual modern grammar, you simply use noun + なので.