失しっ神しん

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失神する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

fainting; losing consciousness; passing out

General term for a temporary loss of consciousness, often used in everyday and medical contexts.

Related words

気き絶ぜつN1sense 1
気絶 is a more colloquial, dramatic word for passing out, while 失神 is slightly more formal and often used in medical contexts.
卒そっ倒とう sense 1
卒倒 is an older, more literary word for suddenly collapsing unconscious, whereas 失神 is the neutral, commonly used term today.
昏こん倒とう sense 1
昏倒 specifically emphasizes falling down while losing consciousness, while 失神 focuses on the loss of consciousness itself, not necessarily the fall.
悶もん絶ぜつ
失神 is a neutral, often medical term for losing consciousness, whereas 悶絶 adds a dramatic or humorous nuance of being overwhelmed by agony or intense feeling.
意い識しき不ふ明めいN1
失神 is a slightly literary/medical word for fainting or losing consciousness, close in meaning to 気絶, while 意識不明 emphasizes the resulting unresponsive state rather than the act of losing consciousness.

Don't confuse with

湿しっ疹しんN2
湿疹 (also read しっしん) means a skin rash or eczema, a completely different meaning from 失神's loss of consciousness despite the identical reading.
失しつ恋れんN2
失神 (to faint, lose consciousness) shares the kanji 失 with 失恋 but has nothing to do with romance; 失恋 is specifically about heartbreak.
失しっ敬けいN1
失神 (fainting) starts with the same kanji 失 as 失敬 and sounds similar, but refers to losing consciousness, not rudeness or leaving.