自し然ぜん休きゅう会かい

noun

spontaneous recess (in the Diet)

A political term referring to an unscheduled break in proceedings of the Japanese Diet, often occurring when there is no business to conduct.

• 審しん議ぎが早はやく終おわったため、午ご後ごは自し然ぜん休きゅう会かいとなった。

  Because the deliberations finished early, the afternoon session became a spontaneous recess.