Word Meaning 休息
休息 is read as きゅうそく (kyuusoku) and means rest.
Meaning
English
- rest
- relief
- relaxation
Reading
Kana
きゅうそく
Romaji
kyuusoku
Writing Variants
- 休足 きゅうそく kyuusoku
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
7休息しろ。
Take a rest.
愚かさは知性の休息である。
Stupidity is the relaxation of intelligence.
休息をとったほうがいいよ。
I think you had better take a rest.
私たちは昼は働き、夜は休息する。
We work by day and rest by night.
スーパーヒーローにも、時には休息が必要だ。
Even superheroes need an occasional break.
1時間歩いてから、私たちは止まって休息した。
After walking for an hour, we stopped to take a rest.
ここ浄閑寺、通称「投げ込み寺」の墓地には、最後の休息場所を見つけた何千もの遊女、いわゆる「楽しみのための女性」の慰霊碑があり、それは言い知れない哀愁に満ちていて、どういうわけか何度でもここに戻ってきたい気持ちが沸き起こる。
Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.
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