休む

Kana: やすむ

to rest

Example sentence

疲れたら少し休むほうがいいです。

つかれたらすこしやすむほうがいいです。

It's better to rest a little when you're tired.

What 休む means

休む (やすむ) is a Japanese word meaning “to rest”. It belongs to the Body & Health topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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