Translation guide
A pause, gap, or break in continuity. In Japanese, the best translation depends on what is being interrupted: a career, a meeting, a project, or a physical gap.
A temporary pause in work, studies, or a regular activity, often with the intention to resume.
A general term for suspension or pause of an activity. Commonly used for temporary breaks in services, operations, or personal activities.
バンド活動を休止する。
I'm putting my band activities on hiatus.
サービスは一時休止中です。
The service is temporarily on hiatus.
Interruption or suspension, often implying an unexpected or forced break. Can be used for projects, conversations, or processes.
工事は資金不足で中断された。
Construction was put on hiatus due to lack of funds.
Specifically a vacation or leave of absence from work or school. Use when the hiatus is a planned break for rest.
彼は執筆のため休暇を取った。
He took a hiatus from work to write.
A period of time when something stops before starting again, or a missing interval.
A blank or gap, often used for a hiatus in a timeline, record, or memory.
彼の経歴には数年の空白がある。
There's a hiatus of several years in his career.
A break or gap in something continuous, like a conversation, sound, or supply. Emphasizes the discontinuity.
A space or opening in a physical object or structure.
A fissure, crack, or tear. Used for a hiatus in rock, fabric, or similar materials.
岩の裂け目から水が流れ出た。
Water flowed from a hiatus in the rock.
A gap, crevice, or chink. More general than 裂け目, can refer to any small opening.
In phonetics, a break between two vowels coming together in adjacent syllables.
Technical term for vowel hiatus. Used in linguistics.
日本語では母音連続を避ける傾向がある。
Japanese tends to avoid vowel hiatus.
会話が途切れた。
There was a hiatus in the conversation.
Light is leaking through a hiatus in the door.