休める|やすめるyasumeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto rest; to suspend; to give relief
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 休める（やすめる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 休めます（やすめます） |
| Negative (nai) | 休めない（やすめない） |
| polite (masen) | 休めません（やすめません） |
| classical zu / nu | 休めず・休めぬ（やすめず・やすめぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 休めた（やすめた） |
| polite (mashita) | 休めました（やすめました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 休めなかった（やすめなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 休めませんでした（やすめませんでした） |
| Te form | 休めて（やすめて） |
| Potential | 休められる（やすめられる） |
| Passive | 休められる（やすめられる） |
| Causative | 休めさせる（やすめさせる） |
| Causative passive | 休めさせられる（やすめさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 休めれば（やすめれば） |
| tara | 休めたら（やすめたら） |
| Volitional | 休めよう（やすめよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 休めましょう（やすめましょう） |
| Imperative | 休めろ（やすめろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
心が休まる
心を休める
休まる describes a state where one’s mind or body finds rest on its own, while 休める means to actively give rest to something, as in 心を休める.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym休憩きゅうけいNeutralNoun for a break partway through work, study or exercise, as in 「休憩室」; 「休める」 is a transitive verb.
- Synonym休養きゅうようNeutralNoun for resting in order to recover one's energy; 「休める」 means letting the body and mind, or a thing, pause.
- Synonym休息きゅうそくNeutralNoun for resting to recover from fatigue, tending toward written prose; 「休める」 is a transitive verb.
- Related息抜きいきぬきNeutralNoun for a momentary break from tension, catching your breath, as in 「息抜きに散歩」; 「休める」 is transitive, letting the body, mind or a thing rest.
- Related一休みひとやすみNeutralNoun for a short break, common in speech; 「休める」 is transitive, letting the hands, eyes and so on rest.
- Related静養せいようNeutralNoun for quiet recuperation of body and mind, used when ill, recovering or worn out; 「休める」 is transitive.
- Related休止きゅうしNeutralNoun for an activity or operation being suspended, as in 「運転休止」; 「休める」 is the verb for letting the body, a machine or a field rest.
- Related休むやすむNeutralIntransitive: you rest yourself, take a day off or are absent; 「休める」 is transitive, letting something else rest.
- Related憩ういこうWrittenWritten-register verb for relaxing in a comfortable place; 「休める」 is transitive, letting something rest.
- Related中休みなかやすみNeutralNoun for a pause partway through work or, say, rain; 「休める」 is transitive, letting something rest.
- Related安らうやすらうWrittenArchaic, written-register verb for resting; rarely used today — say 「休む」 in everyday speech.
- Related息つくいきつくNeutralFor catching your breath or heaving a sigh of relief, as in 「ほっと息つく」; 「休める」 transitively lets something rest.
- Antonym働かせるはたらかせるNeutralAntonym on the rest-versus-labor axis: making the body and mind work.
- Antonym動かすうごかすNeutralAntonym on the stillness-versus-movement axis: moving the body or shifting things.
Use 「休める」 to let the hands, eyes, body and mind rest, or to suspend the use of a machine or field, as in 「目を休める」. To rest yourself, use 「休む」; for the noun 'rest', 「休憩」 and 「一休み」 are the everyday picks. The antonyms are 「働かせる」 and 「動かす」.
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