How do I say "take a break from (gaming, social media)"?


How do I express that I'm taking a somewhat long-term (e.g. a few weeks to a
few months) break from hobbies or entertainment such as video games/social
media/etc?

I found the question below in which 休む and 休憩 were suggested, but I'm not sure
how natural or accurate they are for this usage; taking a break from school
and taking a break from video games seem pretty different to me.

[What is the best word to use to mean "to take long-term a break (i.e. from
school)"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/5262/)

Some native friends also suggested using 自粛する, 自重する and 休止する, but do they work
here?




> How do I express that I'm taking a somewhat long-term (e.g. a few weeks to a
> few months) break from hobbies or entertainment such as video games/social
> media/etc?

ゲーム断ち and SNS断ち seem appropriate, if you want to say it's a long-term thing.
In a full sentence, it would be something like ゲーム断ちする.

ゲームを断つ is okay, too, but it would be less conversational. Conversely, -断ち is
might be too colloquial if you are looking for more formal expressions. 自粛する
can be a good choice instead.

ゲームを休む can mean both short breaks and long breaks, so it works here but it
does not explicitly mean a long term thing. 休憩 is definitely short.

This -断ち is usually applied to consumable items and entertainment. So it won't
work well for breaks from work, breaks from school, etc. (Unless you are
saying you are addicted to work, perhaps.)

Note that there is rendaku in it - it's gēmudachi rather than gēmutachi.




> How do I express that I'm taking a somewhat long-term (e.g. a few weeks to a
> few months) break from hobbies or entertainment such as video games/social
> media/etc?

ゲーム断ち and SNS断ち seem appropriate, if you want to say it's a long-term thing.
In a full sentence, it would be something like ゲーム断ちする.

ゲームを断つ is okay, too, but it would be less conversational. Conversely, -断ち is
might be too colloquial if you are looking for more formal expressions. 自粛する
can be a good choice instead.

ゲームを休む can mean both short breaks and long breaks, so it works here but it
does not explicitly mean a long term thing. 休憩 is definitely short.

This -断ち is usually applied to consumable items and entertainment. So it won't
work well for breaks from work, breaks from school, etc. (Unless you are
saying you are addicted to work, perhaps.)

Note that there is rendaku in it - it's gēmudachi rather than gēmutachi.

