休む
やすむ
to rest, to have a break, to get time off
Yasumu (休む) is a godan verb meaning "to rest, to have a break, to get time off". Its polite form is 休みます (yasumimasu), its te form is 休んで (yasunde), its past form is 休んだ (yasunda), and its negative form is 休まない (yasumanai).
Godan verbJLPT N5
Yasumu (休む) conjugation quick reference
休む means "to rest, to have a break, to get time off". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Yasumu example sentences
学校を休みます。
I will be absent from school.
昨日、会社を休みました。
I took a day off work yesterday.
今日は休みません。
I’m not taking a break today.
How to use Yasumu: grammar notes
•Use 休む with the particle を when saying you are taking a break from something—like 学校を休みます (I’m taking a day off from school).
•To say a person is resting or taking time off, just use 休みます after the subject with が or は—like 田中さんは休みます (Tanaka-san is taking time off).
•Don’t confuse 休み (noun: rest/break) with 休む (verb: to rest)—for example, 昼休み is “lunch break,” but 昼休みに休みます means “I rest during lunch break.”
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Yasumu
学校を休む（がっこうをやすむ）
to be absent from school
仕事を休む（しごとをやすむ）
to take time off work
少し休みましょう（すこしやすみましょう）
Let's take a short break
Yasumu (休む) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 休む | yasumu |
| Masu Form | 休みます | yasumimasu |
| Te Form | 休んで | yasunde |
| Past Form | 休んだ | yasunda |
| Negative Form | 休まない | yasumanai |
| Past Negative | 休まなかった | yasumanakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 休みます | yasumimasu |
| Polite Past | 休みました | yasumimashita |
| Polite Negative | 休みません | yasumimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 休みませんでした | yasumimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 休める | yasumeru |
| Passive Form | 休まれる | yasumareru |
| Causative Form | 休ませる | yasumaseru |
| Causative Passive | 休まされる | yasumasareru |
| Volitional Form | 休もう | yasumou |
| Imperative Form | 休め | yasume |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 休めば | yasumeba |
| Conditional (たら) | 休んだら | yasundara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 休んでいる | yasundeiru |
| Desire (たい) | 休みたい | yasumitai |
| Prohibition | 休むな | yasumuna |