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I am looking for two separate Japanese phrases that each convey meanings as
follows,

  1. A "study season" in which the study or lecture begins to ends with some short holidays in between. For example, a study season of 4 months long that spans from the beginning of April to the end of July with some short holidays (such as golden week or other national holidays).

  2. A "long holiday season following study season" with no study at all. For example, it spans for about 1-3 months after study season.
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Japanese special phrases for "study season" and "long holiday season following study season"
I think the word for 'study season' is
[学期【がっき】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%A6%E6%9C%9F).

In most Japanese elementary and middle schools, there are three 学期 in one
school year. 1学期 starts in April and ends in mid July (with Golden Week in
May), followed by 夏休み (summer vacation). 2学期 starts in September and ends in
December, followed by 冬休み (winter vacation). 3学期 is a relatively short 学期 from
January to March. There's 春休み (spring vacation) before the next school year
begins, lasting for a few weeks. There are some schools which have irregular
systems, but they are called 学期 anyway.

The generic term for long vacations is 長期【ちょうき】休暇【きゅうか】 or 長期【ちょうき】休業【きゅうぎょう】,
but these sound stiff and technical. In conversations we just say 夏休み, 冬休み,
etc.
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