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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
Adverb taking the 'to' particle
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; still; hushed; empty
inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; flat; off-season; quiet; dull
idle; free; unoccupied
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
Formal or literary term; Conjunction
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
Idiomatic expression
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement
aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
