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Meaning of 休む in Japanese
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休むJLPT 5
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Kana Readingやすむ
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Romajiyasumu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to be absent; to take a day off
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to rest; to have a break
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
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Examples of 休む, やすむ in a sentence
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I've sometimes taken time off work to watch the Super Bowl.
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Two airplanes, one large and one small, were at rest in the hangar.
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I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.
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お兄ちゃん、すごい熱だよ！？荷物はいいから、そこの木陰で休んでて！
Bro? You've got a terrible temperature! Never mind the bags, rest in the shade of those trees!
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The old man stopped for a moment to rest.
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His trip will keep him away from the office for a week.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 休む
- Plain Polite
- 休みます
- Negative
- 休まない
- Negative Polite
- 休みません
Past
- Plain
- 休んだ
- Plain Polite
- 休みました
- Negative
- 休まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 休みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 休んで
- Plain Polite
- 休みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 休まれる
- Plain Polite
- 休まれます
- Negative
- 休まれない
- Negative Polite
- 休まれません
Related Kanji
休
JLPT 5
6 strokes
rest, day off, retire, sleep
On'Yomi: キュウ
Kun'Yomi: やす.む, やす.まる, やす.める