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MizLod
Jul 15, 2006, 15:15
What is the Kanji for leisure if you were using it on its own?
nice gaijin
Jul 15, 2006, 15:31
暇 is like free time, if you're looking for a single character.
MizLod
Jul 15, 2006, 16:12
THANKYOU! It's for my assignment on leisure activities ^___^ thanks nice gaijin :)

[[edit]] how to you pronounce it?
Glenn
Jul 15, 2006, 16:21
ひま

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Bucko
Jul 15, 2006, 19:55
What about 楽?
Elizabeth
Jul 16, 2006, 01:59
暇 or 余暇（よか）。　娯楽（ごらく）は英語の「 recreation　」ってとこですね。
pipokun
Jul 16, 2006, 20:45
趣味, shumi, will do.
"shumi" in Japanese includes more meanings than "hobby" in English.
Elizabeth
Jul 16, 2006, 22:20
趣味, shumi, will do.
"shumi" in Japanese includes more meanings than "hobby" in English.
Like "taste in/for", "sexual proclivity" and what else....? :okashii:
nice gaijin
Jul 17, 2006, 01:12
hobby is what you do in your leisure time, it does not mean leisure time itself...