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昼休み

ひるやすみ

lunch break

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Examples

  1. 昼休みは十二時からです。

    ひるやすみはじゅうにじからです。

    Lunch break starts at twelve.

  2. 昼休みに公園を散歩します。

    ひるやすみにこうえんをさんぽします。

    I walk in the park during my lunch break.

  3. 昼休みが終わったら会議が始まります。

    ひるやすみがおわったらかいぎがはじまります。

    The meeting starts once the lunch break is over.

Common patterns

昼休みに
during the lunch break
昼休みを取る
to take a lunch break
昼休み中
in the middle of the lunch break

Memory tip

This is the block of free time in the middle of a school or work day, not the meal itself — the food is 昼ご飯.

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