半はん睡すい半はん醒せい

noun

half asleep and half awake

A yojijukugo describing a state between sleep and wakefulness, often used in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは半はん睡すい半はん醒せいの状じょう態たいで、夢ゆめと現げん実じつの区く別べつがつかなかった。

  He was in a half-asleep, half-awake state and couldn't tell dream from reality.