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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
休み • (yasumi)
- rest; a break
- 束の間の休み
- tsuka no ma no yasumi
- a brief rest
- a holiday
- 彼は旅行のために休みを取った。
- Kare wa ryokō no tame ni yasumi o totta.
- He took a holiday for his trip.
- absence
- その人は今日休みだった。
- Sono hito wa kyō yasumi datta.
- The person was absent today.
- intermission
- 休みなく働く
- yasumi naku hataraku
- work continuously
- rest (of a silkworm before moulting)
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- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN