意い識しき不ふ明めい

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Meanings

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

unconsciousness; unconscious state

Used in medical, emergency, and news contexts to describe a person who has lost consciousness and is unresponsive. Often appears in the phrase 意識不明の重体 (critically ill and unconscious).

事じ故こで意い識しき不ふ明めいの重じゅう体たいです。
He is in critical condition and unconscious after the accident.
意い識しき不ふ明めいの患かん者じゃが運はこばれてきた。
An unconscious patient was brought in.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が意い識しき不ふ明めいになるfor someone to become/fall unconscious
事じ故こで運うん転てん手しゅが意い識しき不ふ明めいになった。
The driver fell unconscious in the accident.
意い識しき不ふ明めいの重じゅう体たいcritically injured and unconscious
けが人にんは意い識しき不ふ明めいの重じゅう体たいで病びょう院いんに運はこばれた。
The injured person was taken to the hospital critically ill and unconscious.
〈人ひと〉を意い識しき不ふ明めいの状じょう態たいで発はっ見けんするto find someone in an unconscious state
警けい察さつは男だん性せいを意い識しき不ふ明めいの状じょう態たいで発はっ見けんした。
The police found the man unconscious.
意い識しき不ふ明めいのまま〈場ば所しょ〉に運はこばれるto be taken to (a place) while still unconscious
彼かの女じょは意い識しき不ふ明めいのまま病びょう院いんに運はこばれた。
She was taken to the hospital while still unconscious.

Kanji

意idea, mind, heart
識discriminating, know, write
不negative, non-, bad
明bright, light

Related words

昏こん睡すいN1
昏睡 describes a deep, prolonged coma-like unconsciousness, while 意識不明 is the general term used for any loss of consciousness, however brief.
気き絶ぜつN1
気絶 refers to a brief fainting spell from shock, pain, or fear, whereas 意識不明 is often more serious and used in medical/emergency contexts.
失しっ神しん
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.

Built from

意い識しき+不ふ明めい

Etymology

Compound of 意識 (consciousness) and 不明 (unknown, unclear). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound used in modern medical and journalistic contexts.