► 名詞
暇 [ひま] [暇を潰す] meaning: kill time rank: 2
☆ 携帯でゲームをして暇を潰した ⇨ I played a game on my phone to kill time
暇 [ひま] meaning: time rank: 2
☆ 今議論している暇はない ⇨ We don’t have time to argue now (☛ Spare time that can be used for leisure)
☆ 最近運動する暇もない ⇨ I haven’t had time even to exercise lately (☛ Spare time that can be used for leisure)
☆ 暇が出来たので子供を遊園地に連れて行った ⇨ I got some spare time so I took my kids to an amusement park (☛ Spare time that can be used for leisure)
☆ 暇を作って温泉に行った ⇨ I made some time and went to a hotspring resort (☛ Spare time that can be used for leisure)
暇 [ひま] [暇を見る] meaning: time rank: 2
☆ 一度お暇を見てお越しください ⇨ Please come visit us when you have time to spare
暇 [ひま] [liter] meaning: leave rank: 4
☆ 御暇を頂きたく ⇨ I would like a leave of absence (☛ Today it is used for comical or dramatic effects)
► 形容動詞
暇 [ひま] meaning: idle rank: 2
☆ 世の中暇な人が沢山いるもんだ ⇨ I am amazed that there are many people with too much time on their hands in this world
☆ 最近仕事が暇だ ⇨ The work has been idle lately
☆ 彼はいつも暇そうに見える ⇨ He always seems to have a plenty of spare time
More examples:
- 彼は旅行するために有給休暇を貯めている ⇨ He’s accumulating vacation days to have a trip
- 彼は暇を持て余している ⇨ He has too much free time and doesn’t know what to do with it
- 予定が立て込んでいて休む暇がない ⇨ My schedule is packed I have no time to take a break
- 余暇の過ごし方は人それぞれだ ⇨ It is up to each person how to spend his free time
- お前なんかと遊んでいる暇はない ⇨ I don’t have time to play with someone like you
- 女房の買い物に付き合わされたが、暇が潰れて良かった ⇨ I had to go with my wife’s shopping, but it was an OK way to kill time
- 彼は休暇先からトンボ返りした ⇨ He U-turned from his vacation destination
- 気を休める暇もない ⇨ There is no time to put my mind on ease
- それはとっさの事で考えている暇はなかった ⇨ It happened very quick and I didn’t have time to think
- 休暇はいい充電になった ⇨ The vacation was a good recharging
- 似たような例は枚挙に暇が無い (いとまがない) ⇨ You can easily list countless such examples
- 有給休暇 ⇨ Paid vacation
- 余りの有給休暇 ⇨ Unused paid vacations
- 久々の休暇 ⇨ A first vacation in a long while
- お前の相手なんかしている暇はない ⇨ I don’t have time to deal with someone like you