Godan verb (む)

休むやすむ

yasumu

to be absent · N5

休む (やすむ, yasumu) — to be absent — is a godan verb ending in む: 休んで (te-form), 休んだ (past), 休まない (negative), 休みます (polite).

It also means to take a day off.

How 休む conjugates · godan む-verb

Only the last kana changes: む becomes ま, み, め or も.

Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.

ま休まないnegative

み休みますpolite present

む休むdictionary form

め休めるpotential休めばif

も休もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん休んでte-form休んだpast

The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every む-, ぶ- and ぬ-verb has the same んで there.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	休むやすむ yasumu
past N5 I took the day off.	休んだやすんだ yasunda
negative N5 I don't take days off.	休まないやすまない yasumanai
te-form N5 I take a day off and …	休んでやすんで yasunde
past negative N4 I didn't take the day off.	休まなかったやすまなかった yasumanakatta
volitional N4 Let's take a break.	休もうやすもう yasumou
potential N3 I can rest.	休めるやすめる yasumeru
cond. ば N3 If I rest, ...	休めばやすめば yasumeba
cond. たら N3 When I rest, ...	休んだらやすんだら yasundara
passive N2 Someone takes the day off on me.	休まれるやすまれる yasumareru
causative N2 I let someone rest.	休ませるやすませる yasumaseru
imperative N1 Get some rest!	休めやすめ yasume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	休みますやすみます yasumimasu
past N5 I took the day off.	休みましたやすみました yasumimashita
negative N5 I don't take days off.	休みませんやすみません yasumimasen
past negative N4 I didn't take the day off.	休みませんでしたやすみませんでした yasumimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's take a break.	休みましょうやすみましょう yasumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm resting.	休んでいるやすんでいる yasundeiru
ていた N4 I was resting.	休んでいたやすんでいた yasundeita
ています N4 I'm resting.	休んでいますやすんでいます yasundeimasu
ていました N4 I was resting.	休んでいましたやすんでいました yasundeimashita