帰き休きゅう

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きゅ

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帰休する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	帰き休きゅうする	帰き休きゅうしない
Polite	帰き休きゅうします	帰き休きゅうしません
Past polite	帰き休きゅうしました	帰き休きゅうしませんでした
Past	帰き休きゅうした	帰き休きゅうしなかった
Te-form	帰き休きゅうして	帰き休きゅうしないで
Desire	帰き休きゅうしたい	帰き休きゅうしたくない
Potential	帰き休きゅうできる	帰き休きゅうできない
Passive	帰き休きゅうされる	帰き休きゅうされない
Causative	帰き休きゅうさせる	帰き休きゅうさせない
Causative passive	帰き休きゅうさせられる	帰き休きゅうさせられない
Volitional	帰き休きゅうしよう
Polite volitional	帰き休きゅうしましょう
Imperative	帰き休きゅうしろ	帰き休きゅうするな
Conditional	帰き休きゅうすれば	帰き休きゅうしなければ
Tara conditional	帰き休きゅうしたら	帰き休きゅうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

leave; furlough

General term for leave from work, especially in military or formal employment contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する.

彼かれは一いっ週しゅう間かんの帰き休きゅうを取とった。
He took a week's leave.
兵へい士したちは帰き休きゅうを待まち望のぞんでいる。
The soldiers are looking forward to their furlough.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

temporary layoff

Specifically refers to a temporary layoff or suspension from work, often seen in the compound 一時帰休. Less common as a standalone term.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が帰き休きゅうするfor someone to take leave or go on furlough
彼かれは病びょう気きのため帰き休きゅうした。
He went on leave due to illness.
帰き休きゅう中ちゅうの〈人ひと〉a person currently on temporary leave or layoff
帰き休きゅう中ちゅうの社しゃ員いんには給きゅう与よの一いち部ぶが支し払はらわれる。
Employees on furlough are paid a portion of their salary.
〈人ひと〉を帰き休きゅうさせるto put someone on temporary layoff or furlough
会かい社しゃは多おおくの従業員じゅういんを帰き休きゅうさせた。
The company put many employees on temporary layoff.

Kanji

帰homecoming, arrive at, lead to
休rest, day off, retire

Related words

休きゅう暇かN3sense 1
休暇 is the general, everyday word for vacation or time off, while 帰休 is a more formal term used for leave in military or corporate employment contexts.
休きゅう職しょく sense 1
休職 refers to an extended leave of absence from one's job, often for illness or personal reasons, whereas 帰休 is typically employer-initiated leave or furlough.
レイオフ sense 2
レイオフ is the casual loanword for a temporary layoff used in business speech, while 帰休 is the more formal, native term for the same idea.

Opposites

出しゅっ勤きんN3sense 1
出勤 means going to work or being present at one's job, the opposite state of being on 帰休 (leave or furlough).

Don't confuse with

帰き宅たくN3
帰宅 shares the kanji 帰 and means simply going home after work, unlike 帰休 which refers to a formal period of leave or layoff from employment.

Word family

一いち時じ帰き休きゅう
temporary layoff

Etymology

Compound of 帰 (return) and 休 (rest), literally 'return and rest'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern Japanese for leave or furlough.