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.
I'm putting my band activities on hiatus.
The service is temporarily on hiatus.
Interruption or suspension, often implying an unexpected or forced break. Can be used for projects, conversations, or processes.
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.
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.
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.
In phonetics, a break between two vowels coming together in adjacent syllables.
Technical term for vowel hiatus. Used in linguistics.
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.