やす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)
1. to be absent; to take a day off
2. to rest; to have a break
3. to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
4. to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
Examples (81 in total)
Let's rest here.
As I was tired, I took a rest.
I'll be fine if I take a little rest.
Please! Please don't skip class.
Was anybody else absent?
You should rest a little bit longer.
Why did you miss class?
You should get some rest.
She was absent from the club activities.
Lie down and rest for a while.
The driver felt like taking a rest.
Half the students were absent.
I rested under a large tree.
If you don't rest once in a while, you'll get sick.
Since you're tired, you should rest.
Let's stop working and relax for a while.
He needed to rest.
He is absent from school today.
You were absent from school yesterday.
I think you ought to rest a while.
My father took a day off from work yesterday.
Let's take a little rest under the tree.
I can take a rest at last.
He suggested that we take a short rest.
I have a stomachache, so I'll take the day off.
He rested his tired limbs.
Every day at noon I have a one hour break.
A number of students are absent today.
I advised him to take a rest.
Please let me take a day off tomorrow.
She was absent from school with a cold.
You had better take a little rest.
An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.
Since I had a cold, I was absent from school.
She has a cold and is absent from school.
Jane is absent from school today.
I felt better after I took a rest.
Go home. Get some rest.
I don't know the reason he is absent today.
If we finish this today, we can take tomorrow off.
I think it's strange that she was absent from school.
I'm taking tomorrow morning off from work.
How about stopping the car and taking a rest?
I have a fever, so I'll be absent from school today.
I just got here, let me rest a bit.
He was absent from school yesterday because he was sick.
I can take a good long rest when this work is finished.
We work by day, and rest by night.
I've never been absent from school.
That's why I was absent from school yesterday.
She has been absent from school for five days.
He was absent from school today, as is often the case with him.
If you aren't feeling well, you should rest.
She has been absent since last Wednesday.
Both Nancy and Jane were absent from school.
I can't tell you why she was absent from school.
A quiet place to sit and rest would be nice.
The old man stopped for a moment to rest.
You should rest a while. You look pale.
If he is absent, we will not have an English test.
Take a good rest, and you will soon get well.
The reason he was absent was that he had a severe headache.
Last week five students were absent from class.
He would often work for hours without stopping.
I think you should rest a bit. You look pale.
Do you know why Tom has been absent from school?
Now that he is absent, I will have to work in his place.
Since he had a bad cold, he was absent from school today.
You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.
With so many people absent this week, we weren't able to complete the project.
If I were you, I would go home and take a good rest.
He stayed home from school because he wasn't feeling well.
The thin man paused in the shade with his knees a little bent.
Dad needs to take a rest. He's been working in the garden for three hours.
But the boys spent all their holidays on Mr Wood's farm.
He was absent from school for a week.
Please take next Sunday off.
He may have absented himself from school the day before yesterday.
Who has been absent from school for three weeks?
"I feel sort of dizzy." "You look pale. You'd better take the day off."
They walked for ten miles, rested for ten minutes, then walked again.