暇ひま

noun

free time; spare time; leisure

The basic noun meaning: time when one has no work, appointments, or obligations. Common in patterns such as 暇がある and 暇を見つける.

• 暇ひまがあったら、映えい画がでも見みに行いこう。

  If we have free time, let's go see a movie or something.

• 彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとの合あい間まに暇ひまを見みつけて本ほんを読よんでいる。

  She finds spare moments between work tasks to read books.

na-adjective

free; not busy; unoccupied

Na-adjective use for a person or schedule being available or not busy. It can also imply being idle depending on context.

• 今日きょうの午ご後ごは暇ひまですか。

  Are you free this afternoon?

• 暇ひまなときにこの書しょ類るいを確かく認にんしてください。

  Please check these documents when you have time.

noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

be free; be doing nothing; be available

Colloquial 暇する means to be free, hang around doing nothing, or have time available. Often appears as 暇している or 暇してる.

• 週しゅう末まつは家いえで暇ひましていた。

  I was just hanging around at home over the weekend.

• 今こん夜や、暇ひましてる？

  Are you free tonight?

na-adjective

slow; slack; dull

Na-adjective use for business being slow, with few customers or little work. Common with places such as 店, 会社, and 時期.

• 雨あめの日ひはこの店みせも暇ひまだ。

  This shop is slow on rainy days.

• 観かん光こう客きゃくが少すくなくて、ホテルは暇ひまだった。

  There were few tourists, so the hotel was slow.

noun

time required; time it takes

Refers to the time needed to do something. In modern Japanese this is especially natural in compounds and set phrases such as 手間暇がかかる; standalone 暇 for this meaning is less common than 時間.

• このスープは手て間ま暇ひまがかかる。

  This soup takes time and effort.

noun

time off; leave; vacation

Noun use for leave from work or duties. Modern everyday Japanese often uses 休み or 休暇, but 暇をもらう is still understandable.

• 父ちちの見み舞まいのため、会かい社しゃから三みっ日か間かんの暇ひまをもらった。

  I got three days off from work to visit my father in the hospital.

noun

dismissal; firing; severance; divorce

Old or historical use, especially in fixed phrases such as 暇を出す. It can mean dismissing a servant or employee, severing a relationship, or in older contexts divorcing a wife.

• 古ふるい表ひょう現げんで、使し用よう人にんに暇ひまを出だすとは解かい雇こすることをいう。

  In an old expression, giving a servant 暇 means dismissing them.

• 時じ代だい小しょう説せつでは、夫おっとが妻つまに暇ひまを出だす場ば面めんがある。

  In period fiction, there are scenes where a husband divorces his wife using the phrase 暇を出す.