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): [o̞ja̠sɨmʲi]

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)

(honorific) sleep, rest
(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)

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

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-3] 3.0 ^3.1 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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