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暇
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 暇.
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Entry
1
Common noun
spare time; free time; leisure
Examples
仕事は楽で、暇がたくさんあります。
My job is easy and I have a lot of free time.
今晩暇かな？
Are you free tonight?
2
Common noun
time (it takes to do something); time required
Examples
ジョンはひどく急いでいたので話をする暇もなかった。
John was in such a hurry that he had no time for talking.
仕事が忙しくて、君に手紙を書くひまがなかった。
Busy with my work, I had no time to write to you.
3
Common noun
time off; leave; vacation; holiday
4
Common noun
dismissal; firing; severance; divorce
5
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
free; not busy; unoccupied; idle
Examples
私は暇な時間に詩を書きます。
I write poems in my free time.
暇な時間が多ければ多いほど、それだけ彼は楽しい。
The more leisure he has, the happier he is.
6
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
slow (business); slack; dull
7
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
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