お休み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
休
やす Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おやすみ [òyásúmí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠sɨᵝmʲi]

Alternative forms

御休み, 御休

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

お休み (hiragana おやすみ, rōmaji 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

お休み (hiragana おやすみ, rōmaji oyasumi)

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

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

[KDJ-3] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan