noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
coma; comatose state
Medical term for a state of deep unconsciousness. Also used figuratively for a state of mental or social unresponsiveness.
事故の後、彼は昏睡状態に陥った。
After the accident, he fell into a coma.
その国は長い内戦のあと、政治的昏睡から目覚めつつある。
After a long civil war, the country is awakening from a political coma.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
deep sleep; falling fast asleep
Non-medical, emphatic expression for sleeping very deeply, often to the point of being hard to wake. Less common than the medical sense.
疲れすぎて、帰宅後すぐに昏睡したように眠った。
I was so exhausted that I fell into a deep sleep as soon as I got home.