Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
spare time; free time; leisure
Common noun
time (it takes to do something); time required
Common noun
time off; leave; vacation; holiday
Common noun
dismissal; firing; severance; divorce
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
free; not busy; unoccupied; idle
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
slow (business); slack; dull
Colloquial; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
to be free; to be not busy; to be available; to be doing nothing
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer
wasting time; waste of time
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
Word usually written using kana alone; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
leaving; going home
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
quitting one's job
free time; leisure; spare time
busy; having no (free) time
(spare) time; free time; leisure
time off; leave; vacation; holiday
Dated term
resignation; dismissal; divorce
leaving; taking one's leave; farewell
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
time and effort; trouble
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