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Just to add some context to this question: I graduated with a B.A. last June, and am currently taking a two-year break from education to work off some of the inordinate amount of debt I accumulated in my first four years.
What's the best way to describe this type of situation in Japanese? 休【やす】む? 休憩【きゅうけい】? Something else entirely?
Your help is much appreciated.
Related: Is this the correct way of saying attending a school?
Note: this is changed from my original answer (一時停止), which sawa pointed out to be unnatural for this situation.
休み and 休憩 should be okay for your purposes, as should 休学 (suggested by sawa) which specifically refers to time off from school. Take care to explain the situation as you have done here in English, or it may sound as though you are a current student who is taking time off.
