休み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
休
やす Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やすみ [yàsúmíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠sɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

休(やす)み • (yasumi)

rest; a break
束(つか)の間(ま)の休(やす)み
tsuka no ma no yasumi
a brief rest
a holiday
彼(かれ)は旅行(りょこう)のために休(やす)みを取(と)った。
Kare wa ryokō no tame ni yasumi o totta.
He took a holiday for his trip.
absence
その人(ひと)は今日(きょう)休(やす)みだった。
Sono hito wa kyō yasumi datta.
The person was absent today.
intermission
休(やす)みなく働(はたら)く
yasumi naku hataraku
work continuously
rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

Synonyms

(rest, break): 休憩(きゅうけい) (kyūkei), 休息(きゅうそく) (kyūsoku)
(holiday): 休暇(きゅうか) (kyūka)
(absence): 欠席(けっせき) (kesseki)
(of a silkworm): 眠(みん) (min)

Related terms

休(やす)む (yasumu) (verb)

See also

充電期間

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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