休む

Meaning

1. v5mvi
   to be absent; to take a day off
2. v5mvi
   to rest; to have a break
3. v5mvi
   to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
4. v5mvi
   to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

Example sentences

• スーパーボウルを見るために会社を休んでいた事もありました。

  I've sometimes taken time off work to watch the Super Bowl.

• 昨日ゆっくり休んだ分、今日は頭が冴えている。

  I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.

• お兄ちゃん、すごい熱だよ！？荷物はいいから、そこの木陰で休んでて！

  Big brother, you've got a bad fever?! Never mind the bags, rest in the shade of those trees!