- a rest; a break
中休みする take a rest [break]
- 10分間の中休み
- a 「ten minutes' [ten-minute] break
- 中休みしてコーヒー[お茶]を飲んだ
- We had a coffee [tea] break.
- 会議は中休みしている
- The conference is in recess.
- 寒さにも時々中休みがある
- There are sometimes breaks [lulls] in the cold weather.
- 今は梅雨の中休みだ
- We are having a period of sunny days during the rainy season.