休む（やすむ）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: to rest / take a day off
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 休みます | やすみます |
| te-form | 休んで | やすんで |
| ta-form (past) | 休んだ | やすんだ |
| nai-form (negative) | 休まない | やすまない |
| potential form | 休める | やすめる |
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Example sentences
- ひどい風邪で会社を休んだ。 — I took the day off work because of a bad cold.
- 少し休んでから、また続けよう。 — Let's rest a bit and then keep going.
Idioms & proverbs containing “休む”
- 下手な考え休むに似たり (へたなかんがえやすむににたり) — it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
- 下手の考え休むに似たり (へたのかんがえやすむににたり) — it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
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