| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 閑散 | かんさん | leisure, quiet, inactivity |
| 閑静 | かんせい | quiet (e.g. neighbourhood, neighborhood) |
| 閑古鳥 | かんこどり | cuckoo |
| 閑 | ひま, いとま | spare time, free time, leisure; time off, day off, vacation, holiday, leave; quitting (one's job), firing someone, divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free, (of one's business) slow; leaving, departing |
| 閑 | かん | spare time, free time, leisure |
| 閑か | しずか | quiet, peaceful |
| 農閑期 | のうかんき | slack season for farmers, leisure season for farmers |
| 偸閑 | あからさま | plain, frank, candid, open, direct, straightforward |
| 等閑 | なおざり, とうかん | neglect, negligence, disregard, make light of |
| 安閑 | あんかん | easygoingness |