微睡

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
微 睡
び
Grade: S 		すい
Grade: S
kan'on

微 (“micro-”) +‎ 睡 (“sleep”)

Pronunciation

Noun

微(び)睡(すい) • (bisui) 

  1. light sleep; a doze; a snooze; a nap; a slumber
    Synonym: まどろみ (madoromi)
    微(び)睡(すい)者(しゃ) ― bisuisha ― a light sleeper
    • 1916, 久米正雄, 父の死‎, 青空文庫:
      小(ちひ)さい精神(せいしん)の疲(つか)れが恍(くわう)とした数分時(すうふんじ)の微睡(びすゐ)に自分(じぶん)を誘(さそ)ひ入(い)れた。
      Chīsai seishin no tsukare ga kō to shita sūfunji no bisui ni jibun o sasoiireta.
      The weariness of my small spirit drew me into a hazy doze of several minutes.

Verb

微(び)睡(すい)する • (bisui suru) intransitive suru (stem 微(び)睡(すい)し (bisui shi), past 微(び)睡(すい)した (bisui shita))

  1. to doze; to snooze; to nap; to slumber
    Synonym: まどろむ (madoromu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "微睡する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 微睡し びすいし bisui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 微睡し びすいし bisui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 微睡する びすいする bisui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 微睡する びすいする bisui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 微睡すれ びすいすれ bisui sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 微睡せよ¹
微睡しろ² 		びすいせよ¹
びすいしろ² 		bisui seyo¹
bisui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 微睡される びすいされる bisui sareru
Causative 微睡させる
微睡さす 		びすいさせる
びすいさす 		bisui saseru
bisui sasu
Potential 微睡できる びすいできる bisui dekiru
Volitional 微睡しよう びすいしよう bisui shiyō
Negative 微睡しない びすいしない bisui shinai
Negative continuative 微睡せず びすいせず bisui sezu
Formal 微睡します びすいします bisui shimasu
Perfective 微睡した びすいした bisui shita
Conjunctive 微睡して びすいして bisui shite
Hypothetical conditional 微睡すれば びすいすれば bisui sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
微 睡
まどろ(み)
Grade: S Grade: S
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 微睡 – see the following entry.
【まどろみ】
light sleep; a doze; a snooze; a nap; a slumber
Alternative spelling
微睡み
(This term, 微睡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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