Japanese symbol for “lethargy”
虚脱
きょだつ
Romaji: kyodatsu
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness
In Japanese, lethargy is 虚脱, read きょだつ (kyodatsu).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs lethargy; despondency; mental numbness
- n, vi, vs (physical) collapse; prostration (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “lethargy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無気力 | むきりょく mukiryoku | apathy; lassitude; lethargy |
| 傾眠 | けいみん keimin | drowsiness; somnolence; somnolentia |
| 気抜け | きぬけ kinuke | dispiritedness; dejection; languor |
| 不活動 | ふかつどう fukatsudou | inaction; lethargy |
| 脱力感 | だつりょくかん datsuryokukan | ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 謙虚 | けんきょ kenkyo | modest; humble |
| 虚構 | きょこう kyokou | fiction; fabrication; concoction |
| 虚偽 | きょぎ kyogi | falsehood; untruth; lie |
| 虚無 | きょむ kyomu | nihility; nothingness |
| 空虚 | くうきょ kuukyo | emptiness; hollowness; vacancy |
| 虚弱 | きょじゃく kyojaku | feebleness; weakness; imbecility |
| 脱出 | だっしゅつ dasshutsu | escape; getting away (from); getting out (of) |
| 脱退 | だったい dattai | withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving |
See also: Chinese symbol for “lethargy”.
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