Japanese symbol for “snooze”
一睡
いっすい
Romaji: issui
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
In Japanese, snooze is 一睡, read いっすい (issui).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “snooze”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| スヌーズ | スヌーズ sunuuzu | snooze (delay function on alarm clock) |
| うたた寝 | うたたね utatane | doze; nap; snooze |
| 居眠る | いねむる inemuru | to doze off; to nod off; to snooze |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 睡眠 | すいみん suimin | sleep |
| 昏睡 | こんすい konsui | coma |
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.