休み

やすみ

rest, holiday

N5 noun · yasumi

How it appears in a sentence

  • 昨日は休みでした。きのうはやすみでした。Yesterday was a day off.
  • 風邪で学校を休みました。かぜでがっこうをやすみました。I missed school because of a cold.
  • どうして昨日休みましたか。どうしてきのうやすみましたか。Why were you absent yesterday?

Kanji in this word

休

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