Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 休業する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 休きゅう 業ぎょう する 休きゅう 業ぎょう しない Polite 休きゅう 業ぎょう します 休きゅう 業ぎょう しません Past polite 休きゅう 業ぎょう しました 休きゅう 業ぎょう しませんでした Past 休きゅう 業ぎょう した 休きゅう 業ぎょう しなかった Te-form 休きゅう 業ぎょう して 休きゅう 業ぎょう しないで Desire 休きゅう 業ぎょう したい 休きゅう 業ぎょう したくない Potential 休きゅう 業ぎょう できる 休きゅう 業ぎょう できない Passive 休きゅう 業ぎょう される 休きゅう 業ぎょう されない Causative 休きゅう 業ぎょう させる 休きゅう 業ぎょう させない Causative passive 休きゅう 業ぎょう させられる 休きゅう 業ぎょう させられない Volitional 休きゅう 業ぎょう しよう Polite volitional 休きゅう 業ぎょう しましょう Imperative 休きゅう 業ぎょう しろ 休きゅう 業ぎょう するな Conditional 休きゅう 業ぎょう すれば 休きゅう 業ぎょう しなければ Tara conditional 休きゅう 業ぎょう したら 休きゅう 業ぎょう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 が 休きゅう 業ぎょう する for a place (shop, school, facility) to temporarily close
The shop is temporarily closed for renovations.
〈 事こと 〉 のため 休きゅう 業ぎょう する to close temporarily due to a reason or circumstance
We are closed today due to the typhoon.
休きゅう 業ぎょう 中ちゅう in the middle of a temporary closure
This store is currently closed for business.
〈 期き 間かん 〉 休きゅう 業ぎょう する to close for a specified period of time
The factory is scheduled to close for one week.
Kanji 業 business, vocation, arts Related words· 6 閉店 refers to a shop closing for the day or shutting down permanently, whereas 休業 implies a temporary suspension that will resume.
休校 is used specifically for schools closing temporarily, while 休業 applies more broadly to any business or facility.
休館 is used for public facilities like libraries and museums, whereas 休業 refers to a business or shop suspending operations.
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.
Show 2 more Show fewer 休業 refers broadly to a business or shop being closed temporarily, while 休場 is limited to venues, performances, sports, or markets.
休業 refers to a business temporarily suspending operations, while 閉鎖 often implies a more permanent or forced closure of a facility.
Opposites 営業 means a business is open and operating, while 休業 means it has temporarily suspended operations.
休業 means a business or facility is closed or suspended, the opposite of 操業 , which means it is actively running.
Don't confuse with 休暇 refers to a personal day off or vacation taken by an individual, while 休業 refers to a business or facility itself closing.
休業 means a business is temporarily suspended (e.g. for a holiday), whereas 閉店 in its permanent sense means the business has shut down for good.
休業 refers to a business or shop temporarily closing, whereas 休職 refers to an individual employee taking leave from their job.
Word family business holiday; day off for a business
temporary suspension of business; brief shutdown
layoff allowance; closure allowance
childcare leave
temporary closure · extra holiday; special holiday
open but with no customers; open for business but idle
Etymology Compound of 休 (rest, suspend) and 業 (business, work). The reading is on'yomi.
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