Japanese symbol for “narcolepsy”
睡眠発作
すいみんほっさ
Romaji: suiminhossa
narcolepsy
In Japanese, narcolepsy is 睡眠発作, read すいみんほっさ (suiminhossa).
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Meanings
- n narcolepsy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “narcolepsy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ナルコレプシー | ナルコレプシー narukorepushii | narcolepsy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睡眠 | すいみん suimin | sleep |
| 昏睡 | こんすい konsui | coma |
| 熟睡 | じゅくすい jukusui | deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep |
| 一睡 | いっすい issui | wink of sleep; snooze; doze |
| 睡魔 | すいま suima | sleepiness; drowsiness |
| 睡眠薬 | すいみんやく suimin'yaku | sleeping pill; sleep medication |
| 眠り | ねむり nemuri | sleep; sleeping |
| 眠い | ねむい nemui | sleepy; drowsy; somnolent |
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 作る | つくる tsukuru | to make; to produce; to manufacture |
See also: Chinese symbol for “narcolepsy”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.