お休み

Japanese
Kanji in this term
休
やす
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
御休み
御休

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) おやすみ [òyásúmí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
    • IPA(key): [o̞ja̠sɨᵝmʲi]

    Etymology 1

    Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 休み (yasumi, “rest, a break, a holiday”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 休む (yasumu, “to rest”), itself from adjective 安い (yasui, “easygoing; easy”) + verbalizing suffix む (mu).[3]

    Noun

    お休(やす)み • (oyasumi) 

    1. (honorific) sleep, rest
    2. (polite) a day off, absence, a holiday

    Etymology 2

    Ultimately derived the same as above, but generally regarded as a shortening of the longer phrase お休みなさい (oyasumi nasai, “good night”).[3]

    Interjection

    お休(やす)み • (oyasumi) 

    1. Short for お休みなさい (oyasumi nasai, “good night”).

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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