木村：部長も今年で定年退職ですね。
佐藤：やっときままな生活ができそうで、退職が待ち遠しいよ。
Kimura: Buchoo mo kotoshi de teinen-taishoku desu ne.
Sato : Yatto kimama na seikatsuga dekisoo de, taishoku ga machi-dooshii yo.
Kimura: You'll be retiring this year, then.
Sato : Yes, and I'm looking forward to it, too.
At last I'll be able to take it easy and do what I like.
Kimama means to get on with what you want to do without worrying too much about other people.
One of my friends retired from a university teaching position two years ago, and tells me that it's great being able to get up when you like and sleep when you like.
Konna kimama na seikatsu ga dekiru to wa omoimasen deshita (I didn't imagine it would be such an easy life).
With a pension of \260,000 a month, kimama na seikatsu wo okureru jooken ga sorotte iru (I have everything I need to enjoy an indulgent life).
As every day is like a holiday, ryokoo mo kimama ni dekiru (ifs easy to go away on holiday); hotels and trains are not crowded on weekdays, and it is cheaper if you are traveling abroad, too.
For most Japanese 'salarymen' and 'office ladies,' kyuuka mo kimama ni torenai (you can't just take time off whenever you please).
They worry about leaving their colleagues to cover for them, and feel bad about going on vacation when everyone else is working.
What happens of course is that everyone ends up traveling at the same times of year, and so the end of the year, the beginning of the new year, the Obon festival period in summer, and Golden Week in May are always packed out.
Trains are so crowded during Golden Week that kimama ni ikitai to omotta tokoro ni mo ikenai (somewhere that you thought you'd be able to visit turns out to be quite inaccessible).
Itsu ni nattara, kimama ni yasumeru yoo ni naru no daroo (I wonder when we'll ever be able to take time off when we like). I'm sure there must be many people who've sighed at this thought while traveling by train during this Golden Week.
Kimama na jinsei ga ichiban (It's important to do the things you want to do in this life).
But then, if you didn't have your salary, you couldn't live. And besides, the fact that you spend most of your time working makes vacation time all the more appreciated. Nevertheless, just a little more time off would be nice.
I'm sure there must be many Japanese people who think in this way.