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睡眠
suimin
sleep
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  1. suimin sleep

睡眠不足で今日は頭が痛い。
Suimin busoku de kyō wa atama ga itai.
I have a headache today from lack of sleep.

毎日八時間の睡眠をとるようにしている。
Mainichi hachijikan no suimin o toru yō ni shite iru.
I try to get eight hours of sleep every day.

⚖️ Often confused with 眠り (nemuri), which is the more literary or physical act of sleeping, while 睡眠 is the neutral, clinical term.

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Kanji Breakdown
睡
Drowsy, Sleep, Die
On: すい Kun: ねむ.る,ねむ.い
13 strokes N1
眠
Sleep, Die, Sleepy
On: みん Kun: ねむ.る,ねむ.い
10 strokes N3
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睡眠は〜です。 / 〜の睡眠

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