JLPT N5 · な-adjective

暇 (hima)

暇 (ひま, hima) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “spare time; free time”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひま
Romaji: hima
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

spare time; free time; leisure · noun
time (it takes to do something); time required · noun
time off; leave; vacation; holiday · noun
dismissal; firing; severance; divorce · noun
free; not busy; unoccupied; idle · な-adjective

Example sentences

仕事は楽で、暇がたくさんあります。

My job is easy and I have a lot of free time.

Tatoeba #169107

今晩暇かな？

Are you free tonight?

Tatoeba #171215

ジョンはひどく急いでいたので話をする暇もなかった。

John was in such a hurry that he had no time for talking.

Tatoeba #215363

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 暇

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	暇だ	ひまだ himada
Present (polite)	暇です	ひまです himadesu
Negative	暇じゃない	ひまじゃない himajanai
Past	暇だった	ひまだった himadatta
Negative past	暇じゃなかった	ひまじゃなかった himajanakatta
Te-form	暇で	ひまで himade
Before a noun	暇な	ひまな himana
Adverb (~ni)	暇に	ひまに himani

Kanji in 暇

暇

spare time, rest, leisureカ・ひま・いとま · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 暇.

休暇きゅうかholiday余暇よかleisure

Source: JMdict entry 1577280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.