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不眠症 (ふみんしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

不ふ眠みん症しょう

ふ

み

ん

しょ

う

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

insomnia; sleeplessness

medicine

Medical and general term for chronic or acute inability to sleep. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

不ふ眠みん症しょうに悩なやまされている。
I am suffering from insomnia.
不ふ眠みん症しょうの治ち

療りょう

に

は

、

生せい

活かつ

習しゅう

慣かん

の

改かい

善ぜん

が

大たい

切せつ

だ

。

For treating insomnia, improving lifestyle habits is important.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
眠sleep, die, sleepy
症symptoms, illness

Similar words

睡すい眠みん不ぶ足そく
睡眠不足 is a general lack of sleep, often due to lifestyle, while 不眠症 is a medical condition of being unable to sleep despite the opportunity.
寝ね不ぶ足そく
寝不足 is a casual term for not having slept enough, without the clinical implication of 不眠症.

Etymology

Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') + 眠 (min, 'sleep') + 症 (shō, 'symptom' or 'condition'), literally 'non-sleep condition'. A Sino-Japanese medical term.