遊ゆう休きゅう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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Describes assets, land, equipment, or resources that are not being utilized. Often used in economic, agricultural, or business contexts.

光こう

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We built a solar power plant by utilizing idle land.

遊ゆう休きゅう設せつ備びの売ばい却きゃくを検けん討とうしている。

We are considering selling unused equipment.

〈物もの〉が遊ゆう休きゅうしているfor something (an asset, facility, land) to be lying idle
この工こう場じょうは長なが年ねん遊ゆう休きゅうしている。
This factory has been sitting idle for years.
〈物もの〉を遊ゆう休きゅうのままにするto leave something unused/idle
会かい社しゃは古ふるい設せつ備びを遊ゆう休きゅうのままにしている。
The company is leaving the old equipment idle.

未み使し用ようN3
未使用 just means something has never been used, while 遊休 implies a resource that could be used but is currently sitting idle.
休きゅう耕こう
休耕 refers specifically to farmland deliberately left fallow, whereas 遊休 covers any idle asset, equipment, or facility.

稼か働どう
稼働 means an asset or machine is actively operating, the direct opposite of 遊休 (lying idle and unused).

Compound of 遊 (play, idle) and 休 (rest). The combination conveys the idea of resting idly, hence 'idle' or 'unused'.

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unused agricultural land; abandoned farmland; fallow fields