休部

Reading

Kana: きゅうぶ

Romaji: kyūbu

Definitions

noun

vs

1

club that has suspended its activities

2

not attending one's club

Kanji

休

Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める

Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

Example Sentence

バドミントン部(ぶ)はまともな部員(ぶいん)が極端(きょくたん)に少(すく)ないため、ほとんど廃部(はいぶ)ないし休部(きゅうぶ)状態(じょうたい)だった。

➥There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.