睡魔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
睡 魔
すい
Grade: S
ま
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

睡(すい)魔(ま) • (suima) ←すいま (suima)?

  1. "devil of sleepiness": (figurative) severe sleepiness
    睡魔(すいま)に襲(おそ)われる
    suima ni osowareru
    to be attacked by sleepiness (a devil of sleepiness)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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