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Readings : ひま    いとま   
暇 can be read in 2 ways: ひま (70%), いとま (30%).
1. spare time; free time; leisure
noun
2. time (e.g. time it takes to do something)  (this meaning is restricted to reading ひま, ヒマ)
3. time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave
4. quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse)
5. (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow  (this meaning is restricted to reading ひま, ヒマ)
noun
6. leaving; departing  (see also: 御暇; this meaning is restricted to reading いとま)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 154,291 which gives a rank of 994
暇 is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 61,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1391 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18698
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ひま
たいくつ
退屈
しんりがく
心理学
title of book, album etc.
The Psychology of Leisure and Boredom
ちち
ひま
さえあれば
きます

Dad goes fishing whenever he's free.
かあ
さん
いま
しごと
仕事
たいへん
大変
だから
ひま
わけがない
Work is intense for mum right now, so there's no way she'll have time on her hands.
ひま
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 48,000 (about 10,200,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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BOOST
Reading : ひま   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,620,000 results)
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ヒマ
BOOST
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 50,000 (about 9,300,000 results)
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BOOST
Reading : いとま   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 128,000 (about 855,000 results)
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カ   ひま free time   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
corpse
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
カン    leisure   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
モン   かど gate   
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