Moto 眠: Sleep; Die; SleepyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ミン
- Kun'yomi
- ねむ(る)、ねむ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 123 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ミン)
- 睡眠すいみんsleep
- 不眠ふみんsleeplessness; insomnia
- 不眠不休ふみんふきゅうno sleep or rest; working day and night
- 不眠症ふみんしょうsleeplessness; insomnia
- 仮眠かみんnap; doze
- 休眠きゅうみんidle; dormant
- 催眠さいみんhypnosis
- 催眠術さいみんじゅつhypnotism
- 冬眠とうみんhibernation; winter sleep
- 安眠あんみんsound sleep; good sleep
- 快眠かいみんpleasant sleep
- ノンレム睡眠ノンレムすいみんnon-REM sleep
- フラッシュ睡眠フラッシュすいみんmicrosleep
- レム睡眠レムすいみんREM sleep
- 一眠いちみんthe first sleep (of silkworms)
- 三眠蚕さんみんかいこthree-molt silkworm
- 乾眠かんみんanhydrobiosis; cryptobiosis
- 人工冬眠じんこうとうみんartificial hibernation; induced hibernation
- 仮眠をとるかみんをとるto take a nap; to catch forty winks
- 仮眠を取るかみんをとるto take a nap; to catch forty winks
- 仮眠室かみんしつnap room (e.g. for doctors in an emergency ward, or firefighters in a fire station)
- 休眠打破きゅうみんだはdormancy breaking
- 休眠期きゅうみんきdormant season
- 休眠芽きゅうみんがdormant bud; latent bud
- 催眠ガスさいみんガスsleeping gas
- 催眠剤さいみんざいsleeping medicine; hypnotic
- 催眠療法さいみんりょうほうhypnotherapy
- 催眠薬さいみんやくsleeping medicine
- 催眠術をかけるさいみんじゅつをかけるto hypnotize; to hypnotise
- 催眠術を掛けるさいみんじゅつをかけるto hypnotize; to hypnotise
- 催眠術師さいみんじゅつしhypnotist; mesmerist
- 傾眠けいみんdrowsiness; somnolence
- 入眠にゅうみんfalling asleep; sleep onset
- 入眠時レム期にゅうみんじレムきsleep onset REM period; SOREMP
- 嗜眠しみんdeep sleep; torpor
- 嗜眠性脳炎しみんせいのうえんencephalitis lethargica
- 夏眠かみんestivation
- 安眠妨害あんみんぼうがいdisturbance of sleep; nuisance in the middle of the night
- 就眠しゅうみんgoing to sleep; falling asleep
- 徐波睡眠じょはすいみんnon-REM sleep
- 快食快眠かいしょくかいみんgood appetite and pleasant sleep; enjoying one's food and sleeping well
- 惰眠だみんidle slumber
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 眠りねむりsleep; sleeping
- 居眠りいねむりnodding off (while sitting); dozing
- 眠いねむいsleepy; drowsy
- 眠たいねむたいsleepy; drowsy
- 眠るねむるto sleep
- 眠気ねむけsleepiness; drowsiness
- ひと眠りひとねむりnap; short sleep
- 一眠りひとねむりnap; short sleep
- 安らかにお眠りくださいやすらかにおねむりくださいrest in peace; requiescat in pace
- 安らかにお眠り下さいやすらかにおねむりくださいrest in peace; requiescat in pace
- 安らかに眠れやすらかにねむれrest in peace; requiescat in pace
- 居眠り運転いねむりうんてんfalling asleep at the wheel
- 居眠るいねむるto doze off; to nod off
- 山眠るやまねむるmountain in the winter; sleeping mountain
- 御眠おねむsleeping; being sleepy
Other readings
- ノン・レム睡眠ノンレムすいみんnon-REM sleep
- 冬眠鼠やまねJapanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
- 大冬眠鼠おおやまねedible dormouse (Glis glis); fat dormouse
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