休講: 9 Terms and Phrases

• 休講
• lecture cancellation
• cancelling (lecture, class, etc.)

• この授業は明日休講です。
• This lesson is cancelled tomorrow.

• 翌日の創立記念日は全学休講となる。
• The whole university is closed on the following foundation day.

• 親鸞聖人降誕会法要 - 5月21日、創立記念日として終日全学休講。
• Annual Buddhist Service on Priest Shinran's Birthday-May 21st, also the anniversary of the university's founding, is when all lectures are off all day.

• 報恩講法要 - 10月18日、学部学科によっては休講となることがある。
• Annual Buddhist Service for Dedicating Gratitude to Priest Shinran-October 18th is when lectures of some Faculties and Departments are off.

• 休講の多さから過去には文部科学省より授業時間不足の改善を指導されたこともある。
• No-lecture-day was more frequent in the past, so Ryukoku University was once directed to amend the curriculum lacking in school hours by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

• 「・・・おい・・・おい、先生！」「え？・・・あ、ああ」「マジだいじょうぶ？休講にしたら？」
• '...Hey...Hey, teacher!' 'Eh? Oh.' 'Are you really OK? Shouldn't you cancel the lesson?'

• 内容によっては休講などの措置がとられるが、学生の参加は任意であるため、行事の存在自体を知らない学生も多いとされる。
• According to their importance, some measures, like no-lecture-day, are taken, but many Ryukoku students are said to be ignorant of the very existence of events, because students' attendance is voluntary.

• 履修登録や休講・レポート・試験などの連絡をWEB上で行なうため、全学共通教育教務情報システム（略称 KULASIS Kyoto Universitys Liberal Arts Syllabus Information System、クラシス）が運用されている。
• Courses' registration and transmission of information, such as lecture cancellations, papers, and examinations, are all done on the website, so they use Kyoto University's Liberal Arts Syllabus Information System (briefly called KULASIS).