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    3. 休止

    休止

    休きゅう止し

    pause

    KMT8News #19+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    きゅうし

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    pause, suspension, rest, stoppage

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    電でん車しゃの運うん行こうが一いち時じ休きゅう止ししました。

    Train operations were temporarily suspended.

    KMT4Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    長ちょう時じ間かんの作さ業ぎょうの後あと、彼かれはしばらく休きゅう止しすることにしました。

    After a long period of work, he decided to pause for a while.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくを保たもつため、定てい期き的てきに短みじかい休きゅう止しを取とるのが効こう果か的てきです。

    To maintain concentration, it is effective to take short, regular pauses.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    システムメンテナンスのため、サービスは一いち時じ的てきに休きゅう止しされます。

    Due to system maintenance, the service will be temporarily suspended.

    KMT8TechnologyDaily Life
    経けい済ざい活かつ動どうの休きゅう止しは、社しゃ会かい全ぜん体たいに深しん刻こんな影いきょ響うを及およぼす可か能のう性せいがあります。

    The suspension of economic activities can have a serious impact on society as a whole.

    KMT9Business & FinancePolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    休
    やす.む・やす.まる・やす.める…(1)
    rest・day off・retire・sleep
    止
    と.まる・-ど.まり・と.める・-と.める・-ど.め・とど.める…(10)
    stop・halt
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