ひま
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. spare time; free time; leisure
Noun
2. time (e.g. time it takes to do something)
when read as "ひま, ヒマ"
Adjective (な)
Noun
3. time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
4. quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)
Adjective (な)
5. (being) inactive; (of one's business) slow
when read as "ひま, ヒマ"
Noun
6. leaving; departing
when read as "いとま"
Kanji used
free time
Pitch accent
Top 1200
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
waste of time; killing time
busy; having no (free) time
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
time and effort; trouble
leisure time; idle moment
to waste time; to kill time
leisure time; idle moment
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
at odd moments
busy; having no (free) time
to waste time; to kill time
there is no leisure for the poor
if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged
to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint
to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
one's leisure hours
unimportant piece of news; news unrelated to major events or pressing social conditions
there is no leisure for the poor
to be dismissed; to be discharged; to be fired
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
unimportant piece of news; news unrelated to major events or pressing social conditions
Examples (43 in total)
I'm free.
Are you free today?
I'm free tonight.