Kanji: 休

    • Meaning : rest,"day off",retire,sleep
    • ON reading : キュウ
    • KUN reading : やす.む,やす.まる,やす.める
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 6
    • Frequency of use ranking : 642
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical : 人(亻)

Words containing that kanji:


  • みなく - やすみなく - without rest/tirelessly/incessantly
  • みなさい | みなさい - おやすみなさい - good night
  • | - きびききゅうか - condolence leave
  • むにたり - へたのかんがえやすむににたり - Mickle fails that fools thinks
  • むにたり - へたなかんがえやすむににたり - take a rest rather than useless thinking
  • - とっきゅう - special holiday
  • す - きゅうす - to come to an end | to rest
  • - きゅうみんが - dormant bud/latent bud
  • - きゅうじつしゅっきん - working on a day off
  • - きゅうしゅつ - working on a day off
  • らい | らい - やすらい - resting/relaxing | hesitating/loitering
  • - ゆうきゅうじかん - idle time
  • - きゅうしじょうたい - hibernation
  • ひとみ | み - ひとやすみ - rest
  • - うんきゅう - service suspended (e.g. trains)
  • み - なつやすみ - summer vacation/summer holiday
  • - かききゅうか - summer vacation
  • - かんわきゅうだい - Now let's return to the main subject/To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
  • め - きやすめ - soothing/consolation
  • め - やすめ - (Stand) at ease!
  • めに - きやすめに - for peace of mind
  • ませる - やすませる - to excuse (someone)/to give a holiday to/to make (someone) rest
  • - やすみどころ - resting place/haven of rest
  • む - やすむ - to be absent/to take a day off | to rest/to have a break | to go to bed/to (lie down to) sleep/to turn in/to retire | to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time/to suspend business
  • - きゅうえん - suspending performance
  • - きゅうかい - adjournment/recess
  • - きゅうかん - fallowing
  • - きゅうけい - rest/break/recess/intermission
  • - きゅうこう - closing school (temporarily)/dropping one's studies
  • - きゅうし - pause/cessation/rest
  • - きゅうしょく - temporary retirement/suspension from office
  • - きゅうせき - weal and woe/welfare
  • - きゅうせんきょうてい - cease-fire agreement
  • - きゅうそくじょ - lobby/lounge/recreation room/break room
  • - きゅうていび - no-court day
  • - きゅうじつ - holiday/day off
  • - きゅうみん - idle/dormant
  • まる - やすまる - to be rested/to feel at ease/to repose/to be relieved
  • - やすみば - resting place
  • める - やすめる - to rest/to suspend/to give relief
  • - きゅうか - holiday/day off/furlough
  • け - きゅうかいあけ - reassembling of a legislature
  • - きゅうかんち - fallow land
  • - きゅうけいじかん - rest time/intermission
  • - きゅうこう - suspension of sailings
  • - きゅうしふ - rest (music)/period/full stop
  • - きゅうしん - no medical examinations (today)
  • - きゅうせん - truce/armistice
  • - きゅうせんじょうやく - armistice treaty
  • - きゅうそく - resting
  • - きゅうてん - not running (elevator)
  • け - きゅうじつあけ - the day after a holiday
  • - きゅうみんき - dormant season
  • み - やすみ - rest/recess/respite | vacation/holiday/absence/suspension | dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
  • - やすみじゃや - wayside teahouse
  • - やすめち - fallow land
  • い - きゅうかねがい - application for leave
  • - きゅうがく - temporary absence from school/suspension
  • - きゅうぎょう - closed (e.g. store)/business suspended/shutdown/holiday
  • - きゅうけいしつ - break room/lounge (e.g. in an onsen)/resting room
  • - きゅうこう - lecture cancelled
  • - きゅうしょう - good omen
  • - きゅうしんび - doctor's no-consultation day
  • - きゅうせんかいだん - armistice conference
  • - きゅうそく - rest/relief/relaxation
  • - きゅうたい - laziness/neglect
  • - きゅうでん - electricity cut-off
  • - きゅうはくじょ - temporary quarters
  • - きゅうよう - rest/break/recreation
  • する - きゅうする - to come to an end | to rest
  • み - やすみやすみ - resting at times/thinking carefully
  • - やすみちゅう - closed/on break/private party
  • - きゅうい - peace/tranquility/tranquillity
  • - きゅうかざん - dormant volcano
  • - きゅうかん - suspension of publication
  • - きゅうぎょうび - business holiday
  • - きゅうけいじょ - rest area/rest stop/service area/SA/parking area (e.g. off highways)/PA
  • - きゅうさい - nonappearance in print
  • - きゅうじょう - theater closure/theatre closure/stage absence | (sumo) wrestler's absence from the tournament
  • - きゅうすい - idle spindles
  • - きゅうせんきねんび - Armistice Day
  • - きゅうそくじかん - recess
  • - きゅうてい - court recess
  • - きゅうでんび - no-electricity day
  • - きゅうふ - rest (in music)
  • - きゅうようしつ - rest or recreation room
  • - きゅうかよてい - holiday plans
  • - こうきゅうび - legal holiday
  • をとる | る - きゅうけいをとる - to take a break
  • - こうきゅう - legal holiday
  • め - ほねやすめ - relaxation/recreation/recess
  • - こくみんのきゅうじつ - national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)
  • - さんきゅう - maternity leave
  • - びょうききゅうしょく - sick leave/sickness leave
  • み | - はるやすみ - spring break/spring vacation
  • - とくべつきゅうじつ - special holiday
  • - ぜんきゅうしふ - whole note rest (music)/semibreve rest
  • - だいきゅう - compensatory holiday
  • み - なかやすみ - rest/recess
  • み - ひるやすみ - lunch break/noon recess/noon rest period
  • - おおがたれんきゅう - season of successive holidays from late April to early May
  • - ていきゅうび - regular holiday
  • み - ふゆやすみ - winter vacation
  • - どうめいきゅうこう - student strike
  • - しゅうきゅうふつかせい - five-day workweek system
  • - ゆうきゅう - vacation/(paid) holiday
  • - はんきゅう - half holiday
  • - きやすめぐすり - placebo
  • - ふみんふきゅう - without sleep or rest/day and night
  • める - きをやすめる - to ease up/to relax attention
  • - ほうていきゅうじつ - legal holiday/bank holiday
  • - むきゅう - without a holiday/nonstop
  • - きゅうぶ - club that has suspended its activities | not attending one's club
  • めをう - きやすめをいう - to say things to ease one's mind
  • | - とびいしれんきゅう - series of holidays with one or two workdays in between
  • - きゅうりょう - suspension of hunting
  • - ゆうきゅうきゅうか - paid vacation
  • つ - きゅうしふをうつ - to put a period to
  • - ゆうきゅう - idle/unused/fallow
  • - いくきゅう - maternity leave/childcare leave
  • - れんきゅう - consecutive holidays
  • - しゅっさんきゅうか - maternity leave | paternity leave
  • み | ズルみ | ずるみ - ズルやすみ | ずるやすみ - playing hookey/being away from work without a good reason
  • す | す - ばんじきゅうす - There is nothing more that can be done
  • らう | らう - やすらう - to rest/to relax
  • み | おみ - おやすみ - holiday/day off/absence | sleep/rest | Good night
  • - いくじきゅうか - childcare leave/maternity leave
  • - しゅうきゅう - weekly holiday
  • - いっぷくきゅうけい - tea (coffee, cigarette) break
  • - いくじきゅうぎょう - maternity leave/childcare leave
  • - ききゅう - (military) leave/furlough
  • - とちゅうきゅうじょう - quitting the tournament in progress due mostly to injury (sumo)
  • み - どようやすみ - summer vacation
  • め - はしやすめ - palate-cleansing side dish
  • - ねんじゅうむきゅう - open every day of the year
  • - いちじききゅう - temporary layoff
  • - かいてんきゅうぎょう - open, but transacting no business at all
  • - ねんじゆうきゅうきゅうか - annual paid vacation
  • - しぜんきゅうかい - (in the Diet) a spontaneous recess
  • - にぶきゅうふ - minim rest/half rest (music)
  • - しょうきゅうし - a break or breather
  • - りきゅういろ - blackish green
  • - こくみんきゅうかむら - national vacation village
  • - きゅうせんちたい - demilitarized zone/demilitarised zone/DMZ
  • - りきゅうねずみ - grayish dark green/greyish dark green
  • - いちじききゅうせい - layoff system
  • - ぜんきゅう - whole (period) | absence during a complete sumo tournament
  • - ねんきゅう - yearly paid vacation (holiday)
  • - りんきゅう - special holiday
  • め - いきやすめ - rest/breaktime
  • - しょちゅうきゅうか - summer vacation
  • - ゆうきゅうち - idle land
  • - せいりきゅうか - menstrual leave
  • - きゅうりょう - suspension of fishing
  • - ゆうきゅうしせつ - unused facilities or equipment
  • - きゅうしん - rest assured
  • - きゅうかん - library or museum closure
  • - ふりかえきゅうじつ - compensatory holiday/substitute (transferred) national holiday
  • - きゅうこう - lying fallow
  • - きゅうかんび - newspaper holiday
  • - とうききゅうか - winter vacation (holidays)
  • - かききゅうか - summer vacation/summer holidays
  • み - しょくやすみ - rest after a meal
  • - ていきゅう - regular holiday
  • まる - からだがやすまる - to be (feel) rested
  • け - れんきゅうあけ - end of consecutive holidays