休

Meanings: rest, vacation On Readings: キュウ kyuu Kun Readings: やす（む） yasu(mu), やす（まる） yasu(maru), やす（める） yasu(meru) Most Used Pronunciation: yasu(mi) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 人 Stroke Number: 6

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Common jukugo
夏休み - なつ　やすみ natsu yasumi - Summer vacation
昼休み - ひる　やすみ hiru yasumi - lunch break
休講 - きゅう　こう kyuu kou - cancelled lecture
春休 - はるやすみ haru yasumi - spring break, spring vacation

Useful Examples
Japanese: ちょっと休んだほうがいい。
Romaji: chotto yasunda hou ga ii.
Literal: It is better to rest a bit. [~da hou ga ii = it is better to...]
English: You should take a break.

Japanese: お休みなさい！
Romaji: oyasuminasai!
English: Good night!

Japanese: 午後から休む。
Romaji: go go kara yasumu.
English: I will rest this afternoon.

Japanese: 冬休みには何をしますか？
Romaji: fuyu yasumi ni wa nani o shimasu ka?
Literal: Winter - rest - (in, as for) - what - (d.o. marker) - do - (question)
English: What will you do during Winter vacation?

Japanese: 町の一流のレストランの多くは八月いっぱいは休業する。
Romaji: machi no ichiryuu no resutoran no ooku wa hachigatsu ippai wa kyuugyou suru.
English: Many of the city's leading restaurants close down for the whole of August.

Japanese: もうすぐ昼食時です、手を休めて軽く食べませんか。
Romaji: mou sugu chuushokudoki desu, te o yasumete karuku tabemasen ka.
English: It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
This is a picture of a person (left) resting against a tree

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.