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入眠 (にゅうみん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
falling asleep ; sleep onset
Often used in medical, scientific, or formal contexts to describe the process of transitioning from wakefulness to sleep. As a suru-verb, it is intransitive.
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This medicine has the effect of helping with sleep onset.
Similar words 寝ね 付つ く 寝付く is a more everyday, colloquial term for falling asleep, while 入眠 is formal and often used in technical or medical contexts.
就しゅう 寝しん 就寝 refers to going to bed or retiring for the night, emphasizing the act of lying down to sleep rather than the physiological transition into sleep.
Etymology Compound of 入 (にゅう, 'enter') and 眠 (みん, 'sleep'), following standard Sino-Japanese word formation. The reading is on'yomi.