少しょう閑かん

noun

short break; breather; lull

Refers to a brief period of rest or a pause in activity. Often used in literary or slightly formal contexts.

• 仕し事ごとの合あい間まに少しょう閑かんを得えて、コーヒーを飲のんだ。

  I got a short break between tasks and had a coffee.

• 戦せん場じょうにも少しょう閑かんがあり、兵へい士したちは束つかの間まの休きゅう息そくを取とった。

  There was a lull even on the battlefield, and the soldiers took a brief rest.