忙中閑有り

ぼうちゅうかんあり

find odd moments of leisure in one's busy life

忙中有閑

ぼうちゅうゆうかん

having free time to spare in the midst of busyness, leisure in the intervals of one's work

忙中

ぼうちゅう

(in the midst of) busyness

多忙中

たぼうちゅう

being very busy, being busy at work

御多忙中

ごたぼうちゅう ごたぼうなか

in the midst of your work (often used as a formal phrase in business letters, etc.)

ご多忙中

ごたぼうなか

excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy

閑

のど かん

spare time, free time, leisure

一閑張り

いっかんばり

lacquered papier-mache

閑居

かんきょ

quiet and secluded life, quiet retreat, idle life

清閑

せいかん

peaceful, quiet, tranquility, tranquillity

閑散

かんさん

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets), very few people

消閑

しょうかん

killing time

繁閑

はんかん

press and slack of business

幽閑

ゆうかん

quiet and secluded

閑地

かんち

quiet place, vacant land, fallow ground, undemanding job, sinecure, life of leisurely retirement

等閑

なおざり とうかん なおざり、とうかん

neglect, negligence, disregard, make light of

閑職

かんしょく

leisurely post, do-nothing job, sinecure

閑却

かんきゃく

negligence, disregard

有閑

ゆうかん

leisured