醒

Meaning

醒 centers on emerging from a dulled or mistaken state: waking from sleep, sobering up from intoxication, or becoming disillusioned and seeing things clearly.

• 覚醒かくせい

  waking up; awakening; arousal; revival

• 覚醒剤かくせいざい
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  stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

• 半睡半醒はんすいはんせい

  half asleep and half awake

• 半醒半睡はんせいはんすい

  half awake and half asleep

• 大覚醒だいかくせい

  Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)

• 概日リズム睡眠覚醒障害がいじつリズムすいみんかくせいしょうがい

  circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder; CRSWD

• 興が醒めるきょうがさめる

  to have one's fun spoiled; to have one's enthusiasm dampened

• 覚醒亢進かくせいこうしん

  hyperarousal (symptom of PTSD)

• 覚醒作用かくせいさよう

  stimulant effect (e.g. caffeine)

• 覚醒周期かくせいしゅうき

  sleep-wake cycle

• 覚醒水準かくせいすいじゅん

  level of awakeness; level of arousal

• 覚醒状態かくせいじょうたい

  wakefulness

• 警醒けいせい

  warning

• 過覚醒かかくせい

  hyperarousal (symptom of PTSD)

• 酔い醒めの水下戸知らずよいさめのみずげこしらず

  a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk

• 醒覚せいかく

  awakening; waking up; opening one's eyes

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