Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
休む

Etymology edit

Cognate with the adjective やすい (yasui).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

やすむ (yasumuintransitive godan (stem やすみ (yasumi), past やすんだ (yasunda))

Japanese verb pair
active やすめる
mediopassive やすむ
  1. to rest
    そこで(やす)だらどうだ。
    Soko de yasun dara dō da.
    Why don't you rest there?
  2. to sleep
    (かれ)はもう(やす)んでいる。
    Kare wa mō yasunde iru.
    He has already gone to bed.
  3. to be absent (from)
    (かの)(じょ)(がっ)(こう)(やす)んだ
    Kanojo wa gakkō o yasunda.
    She was absent from school.
  4. to suspend; to be dormant
    あの(こう)(じょう)(そう)(ぎょう)(やす)んでいる。
    Ano kōjō wa sōgyō o yasunde iru.
    That factory has stopped operating.

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN