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睡眠発作 (suiminhossa) Japanese meaning: narcolepsy | Kotomora

睡すい眠みん発ほっ作さ

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Meanings

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narcolepsy

Medical term for a chronic sleep disorder characterized by sudden sleep attacks.

睡すい眠みん発ほっ作さは日にっ中ちゅうに突とつ然ぜん強つよい眠ねむ気けに襲おそわれる病びょう気

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Narcolepsy is a condition where one is suddenly overcome by intense sleepiness during the day.

Kanji

睡drowsy, sleep, die
眠sleep, die, sleepy
発departure, discharge, publish
作make, production, prepare

Related words

ナルコレプシー
Katakana loanword for narcolepsy, used in medical contexts but less common than 睡眠発作 in Japanese medical literature.

Built from

睡すい眠みん+発ほっ作さ

Etymology

Compound of 睡眠 (sleep) and 発作 (attack/seizure), directly describing the symptom of sudden sleep attacks.