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春眠 (shunmin) Japanese meaning: spring sleep | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字 Furigana
Expressions 春しゅん 眠みん 暁あかつき を 覚おぼ えず in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log Kanji 春 springtime, spring (season) Related words 春はる 春 is the general word for spring; 春眠 specifically refers to sleeping in spring, often with a poetic or literary nuance.
睡すい 眠みん 睡眠 is the standard neutral term for sleep; 春眠 is a literary compound limited to springtime sleep.
Etymology Compound of 春 (spring) and 眠 (sleep). The reading しゅんみん is the on'yomi for both characters. The word is strongly associated with classical Chinese poetry and the well-known proverb.
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There is a saying: 'In spring, one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn.'
Lured by the spring weather, I savored the comfort of a spring slumber.