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不眠 (ふみん, fumin) Japanese meaning: sleeplessness | Kotomora
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Lately, I've been suffering from sleeplessness.
Sleepless nights continued.
Usage patterns 不ふ 眠みん に 悩なや む to suffer from insomnia
She has suffered from insomnia for many years.
不ふ 眠みん が 続つづ く for sleeplessness to continue
The insomnia has continued because of stress.
不ふ 眠みん を 訴うった える to complain of sleeplessness (e.g. to a doctor)
The patient complained to the doctor about her sleeplessness.
不ふ 眠みん 状じょう 態たい になる to fall into a state of sleeplessness
I fell into a state of sleeplessness because I had so many worries.
Related words 不眠症 refers specifically to insomnia as a diagnosed medical condition, while 不眠 is the broader, more general state of sleeplessness or wakefulness.
寝不足 is a casual, everyday term for lack of sleep or feeling sleepy from not sleeping enough, whereas 不眠 sounds more formal or clinical and can imply an inability to sleep at all.
Opposites 熟睡 means sleeping deeply and soundly, the opposite state from 不眠, which means being unable to sleep.
不眠 refers to being unable to sleep or suffering insomnia, the direct opposite of 安眠's peaceful, restful sleep.
Etymology Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 眠 (min, 'sleep'), literally meaning 'not sleeping.' The reading is on'yomi, and the word is a standard Sino-Japanese term.
