Kanji

暇

spare time, rest, leisure, time, leave of absence

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

日部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ひま, いとま

Common Readings

カ, ひま

Example sentences

暇 ひま
明日暇なら、映画に行きましょう。

If you are free tomorrow, let's go to see a movie.

潰す つぶす
暇を潰すために、駅前の本屋へ行った

To kill time, I went to the bookstore in front of the station.

休暇 きゅうか
来週から二週間の休暇を取って、家族と旅行に行きます。

I plan to take a two-week vacation starting next week and go on a trip with my family.

間 かん
三日間の休暇を取った。

I took a three-day holiday.

暇つぶし ひまつぶし
待ち合わせまでの暇つぶしに、本屋へ寄った。

I stopped by a bookstore to kill time until the meeting.

いじる いじる
彼は暇つぶしにスマートフォンをいじっている。

He is fiddling with his smartphone to kill time.

暇もなく いとまもなく
返事をする暇もなく、次の質問が来た。

Before I had time to answer, the next question came.

お暇 おいとま
夜も遅いので、そろそろお暇します。

Since it was getting late, I decided it was time to take my leave.

暇潰し ひまつぶし
暇潰しに、本屋をぶらぶらすることにした。

I decided to wander around the bookstore to kill time.

Example Vocabulary

暇

ひま

free time; leisure; spare time

休暇

きゅうか

vacation, holiday, leave

暇つぶし

ひまつぶし

killing time; a way to pass the time; pastime

暇もなく

いとまもなく

with no time to; before there is even time to

お暇

おいとま

taking leave; departure; free time or time off

暇がない

ひまがない

暇潰し

ひまつぶし

killing time; pastime

暇人

ひまじん

長期休暇

ちょうききゅうか

手間暇

てまひま

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