暇(ひま)

ひま

na-adjective

free time, not busy

1. free time

Time when one has nothing to do.

暇(ひま)がある。

To have free time.

暇(ひま)がありますか。

Do you have free time?

暇(ひま)がなくて、遊(あそ)びに行(い)けません。

I don't have free time, so I can't go out to play.

暇(ひま)な時(とき)に読(よ)む本(ほん)を買(か)いました。

I bought a book to read in my free time.

仕事(しごと)を辞(や)めてから、暇(ひま)がたくさんあります。でも、何(なに)をしたらいいかわかりません。

Since I quit my job, I have lots of free time. But I don't know what to do.

2. not busy

Having nothing to do; idle.

今日(きょう)は暇(ひま)だ。

I'm free today.

暇(ひま)な時(とき)に来(き)てください。

Please come when you're free.

今週(こんしゅう)は暇(ひま)ですか。

Are you free this week?

今日(きょう)は暇(ひま)だから、映画(えいが)を見(み)ましょう。

I'm free today, so let's watch a movie.

最近(さいきん)は暇(ひま)な日(ひ)が多(おお)いので、新(あたら)しい趣味(しゅみ)を始(はじ)めようと思(おも)っています。

I've had many free days lately, so I'm thinking of starting a new hobby.

暇(ひま) functions as both a noun (free time) and a na-adjective (not busy).

FORMS:

Na-adjective: 暇(ひま)な時(とき) (when free)
Noun: 暇(ひま)がある (have free time)
Adverbial: 暇(ひま)に (in one's free time - rare)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

暇(ひま)がある: to have free time
暇(ひま)がない: to have no free time
暇(ひま)をつぶす (暇(ひま)つぶし): to kill time
お暇(ひま)する: to take one's leave (polite)

CONTRAST:

暇(ひま): free, not busy
忙(いそが)しい: busy

Related Words

Antonym: 忙(いそが)しい (busy)

Contrast: 暇(いとま) (spare time; leave-taking (formal reading))

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Added 2026.1.8 0:50 · Revised 2026.5.12 10:02

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