暇する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 暇する | 暇しない |
| Polite | 暇します | 暇しません |
| Past polite | 暇しました | 暇しませんでした |
| Past | 暇した | 暇しなかった |
| Te-form | 暇して | 暇しないで |
| Desire | 暇したい | 暇したくない |
| Potential | 暇できる | 暇できない |
| Passive | 暇される | 暇されない |
| Causative | 暇させる | 暇させない |
| Causative passive | 暇させられる | 暇させられない |
| Volitional | 暇しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 暇しましょう | |
| Imperative | 暇しろ | 暇するな |
| Conditional | 暇すれば | 暇しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 暇したら | 暇しなかったら |
free time; spare time; leisure
The basic noun meaning: time when one has no work, appointments, or obligations. Common in patterns such as 暇がある and 暇を見つける.
If we have free time, let's go see a movie or something.
She finds spare moments between work tasks to read books.
free; not busy; unoccupied
Na-adjective use for a person or schedule being available or not busy. It can also imply being idle depending on context.
Are you free this afternoon?
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noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
be free; be doing nothing; be available
Colloquial 暇する means to be free, hang around doing nothing, or have time available. Often appears as 暇している or 暇してる.
I was just hanging around at home over the weekend.
Are you free tonight?
Na-adjective use for business being slow, with few customers or little work. Common with places such as 店, 会社, and 時期.
This shop is slow on rainy days.
There were few tourists, so the hotel was slow.
time required; time it takes
Refers to the time needed to do something. In modern Japanese this is especially natural in compounds and set phrases such as 手間暇がかかる; standalone 暇 for this meaning is less common than 時間.
This soup takes time and effort.
Noun use for leave from work or duties. Modern everyday Japanese often uses 休み or 休暇, but 暇をもらう is still understandable.
I got three days off from work to visit my father in the hospital.
dismissal; firing; severance; divorce
Old or historical use, especially in fixed phrases such as 暇を出す. It can mean dismissing a servant or employee, severing a relationship, or in older contexts divorcing a wife.
In an old expression, giving a servant 暇 means dismissing them.
In period fiction, there are scenes where a husband divorces his wife using the phrase 暇を出す.
I have some free time this week, so I'm thinking of going to see a movie.
The shop is slow on weekdays.
I've been just hanging around with nothing to do all weekend.
I got some time off from the company and went on a trip.
I'm planning to find some free time and go on a trip.
暇 is the everyday word for free time in general, while 隙 suggests a brief, incidental gap snatched between other activities.
暇 refers to having free or idle time, which can lead to 退屈 (the feeling of boredom) but does not itself mean 'boring'.
暇 means having free time or being idle, the opposite of 多用's sense of being occupied with many matters.
time and effort; trouble
Rare kanji form given; 暇 is the normal spelling.