睡すい魔ま

noun

sleepiness; drowsiness

Often personified as an irresistible urge to sleep, as in 睡魔に襲われる (attacked by sleepiness).

• 午ご後ごの会かい議ぎ中ちゅう、睡すい魔まに襲おそわれて何なん度どもあくびをした。

  During the afternoon meeting, I was overcome by sleepiness and yawned many times.

noun

the sandman; Morpheus

Personification of sleep; used in literary or figurative contexts. Morpheus is the Greek god of dreams.

• 睡すい魔まがそっと瞼まぶたを閉とじさせた。

  The sandman gently closed my eyelids.