休む (やすむ, yasumu) Japanese meaning: be absent | Kotomora

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休む · godan verb (-mu)

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

be absent; take a day off

Used when someone is not at their usual place (school, work) for a day or longer. Often with 学校・会社を休む.

休やすめるN1sense 2
休める is the transitive partner of 休む, used when someone actively gives rest to a body part or person (足を休める) rather than resting oneself.

休きゅう憩けいN4sense 2
休憩する is a more formal or businesslike way to say 'take a break' than the everyday verb 休む.
欠けっ席せきN4sense 1
欠席する specifically means to be absent from a class, meeting, or event, while 休む is the broader, more casual verb for taking a day off.
寝ねるN5sense 3
寝る is the plain, everyday verb for going to sleep, while 休む in this sense is a slightly softer or more polite way to say the same thing.
休きゅう業ぎょうN2sense 4
休業する is the formal term for a business or shop suspending operations, whereas 休む can be used more casually for any activity pausing.

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休きゅうする
休む is the normal modern verb for resting or taking a break, while 休する meaning 'to rest' is literary or old-fashioned and rarely used in conversation.
憩いこうN1
休む is the common, everyday word for resting or taking a break, while 憩う is more literary and evokes a peaceful, leisurely rest.
くつろぐN2
休む means to rest or stop activity, whereas 寛ぐ describes actively enjoying a comfortable, at-ease state rather than merely resting.
サボるN2
休む is the neutral verb for taking a day off or resting, whereas サボる carries the negative sense of shirking without a legitimate reason.

起おきるN5sense 3
起きる 'to get up' is the natural opposite of 休む when 休む means going to bed or lying down to sleep.
出しゅっ勤きんN3sense 1
出勤する 'to go to work' is the opposite of 休む when 休む means being absent from one's job.
通かようN4
休む means to be absent from a place one normally attends, the opposite of 通う's sense of going there regularly.

休やすまる
休まる is intransitive and means 'to feel at ease/rested' (気が休まる), unlike 休む which means the subject itself takes a rest or day off.

休やすみN5
rest; break; recess · holiday; vacation; day off; absence · dormancy (of a silkworm)
お休やすみN2
holiday; day off; absence · sleep; rest · good night
夏なつ休やすみN5
summer vacation; summer holiday

Native Japanese verb. The kanji 休 combines 'person' (亻) and 'tree' (木), suggesting a person resting by a tree.