昼休み

ひるやすみ

Lunch break, noon recess

N4noun·hiruyasumi

How to remember it

昼 (noon) + 休み (rest) = a rest taken at noon.

Example sentences

  • 昼休みに公園へ行きました。

    ひるやすみにこうえんへいきました。

    I went to the park during lunch break.

  • 昼休みは12時から1時までです。

    ひるやすみはじゅうにじからいちじまでです。

    The lunch break is from 12 to 1.

Usage

Common in schools and workplaces; works in both polite and casual speech.

Related words

休み昼食休憩

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