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休める

やすめる

to rest (a part of the body); to stop (work) for a while; to set (the mind) at ease

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Examples

  1. 少し目を休めたほうがいい。

    すこしめをやすめたほうがいい。

    You'd better rest your eyes for a while.

  2. ちょっと手を休めて気持ちを和らげれば、肩の緊張がとれるよ。

    ちょっとてをやすめてきもちをやわらげれば、かたのきんちょうがとれるよ。

    If you stop working for a moment and relax, the tension in your shoulders will ease.

  3. この温泉は心を休めるのに最適だ。

    このおんせんはこころをやすめるのにさいてきだ。

    This hot spring is ideal for putting your mind at rest.

  4. 彼は一日たりとも筆を休めることなく書き続けた。

    かれはいちにちたりともふでをやすめることなくかきつづけた。

    He kept writing without laying down his pen for even a single day.

Common patterns

手を休める
to pause one's work
目を休める
to rest one's eyes
心を休める
to put one's mind at rest

Memory tip

Transitive partner of 休む: you rest some part or faculty — hands, eyes, the mind. Note the false friend of the potential form: 休める can also be read as 'can take a day off' from 休む, so context decides.

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