ひま

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    spare time, free time, leisure

    • 仕事は楽で、暇がたくさんあります。
      My job is easy and I have a lot of free time.
    • 今晩暇かな?
      Are you free tonight?
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    time (it takes to do something), time required

    • ジョンはひどく急いでいたので話をする暇もなかった。
      John was in such a hurry that he had no time for talking.
    • 仕事が忙しくて、君に手紙を書くひまがなかった。
      Busy with my work, I had no time to write to you.
  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    time off, leave, vacation, holiday

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    dismissal, firing, severance, divorce

  5. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    free, not busy, unoccupied, idle

    • 私は暇な時間に詩を書きます。
      I write poems in my free time.
    • 暇な時間が多ければ多いほど、それだけ彼は楽しい。
      The more leisure he has, the happier he is.
  6. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    slow (business), slack, dull

  7. noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, intransitive verb

    to be free, to be not busy, to be available, to be doing nothing
    colloquial