Word Meaning 休止

きゅうし kyuushi

休止 is read as きゅうし (kyuushi) and means pause.

Meaning

English

  1. pause
  2. suspension
  3. rest
  4. stoppage

Reading

Kana

きゅうし

Romaji

kyuushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 16346 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

休廃止

きゅうはいし

suspension or abolition

小休止

しょうきゅうし

short break

一時休止

いちじきゅうし

adjournment

休止状態

きゅうしじょうたい

hibernation

休止符を打つ

きゅうしふをうつ

to put a period to

休止符

きゅうしふ

rest

全休止符

ぜんきゅうしふ

whole note rest

休業

きゅうぎょう

suspension of business

休場

きゅうじょう

(temporary) closure (of a theater, entertainment venue, etc.)

休館

きゅうかん

closure (of a library, museum, etc.)

休会

きゅうかい

adjournment

中止

ちゅうし

cancellation (of a planned event)

Example Sentences

5

I propose a short rest.

He suggested that we take a short rest.

Please switch the computer off when you're not using it instead of putting it into hibernation.

However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.

In spoken language, we do not pause between words, a fact that is somewhat surprising. We seem to hear separate words; we can clearly make them out.