半はん意い識しき

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

semiconsciousness; half-consciousness

A state between full consciousness and unconsciousness; often used in medical or descriptive contexts.

• 事じ故この後あと、彼かれは半はん意い識しきの状じょう態たいで病びょう院いんに運はこばれた。

  After the accident, he was taken to the hospital in a semiconscious state.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

unconsciousness

Rarely used alone for full unconsciousness; more commonly seen in compound or literary contexts. Modern Japanese usually prefers 無意識.

• その患かん者じゃは半はん意い識しきに陥おちいったと記き録ろくされているが、実じっ際さいには完かん全ぜんな無む意い識しきだった。

  The patient was recorded as having fallen into half-consciousness, but was actually completely unconscious.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

subconsciousness

Rare; usually refers to the subconscious mind. In modern psychology, 潜在意識 is the standard term.

• 古ふるい心しん理り学がくの文ぶん献けんでは、半はん意い識しきという言こと葉ばが潜せん在ざい意い識しきを指さすことがある。

  In old psychology texts, the word 半意識 sometimes refers to the subconscious.