醒
to awaken
Kanji 2041
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Whether you awaken from sleep, awaken to reality, or wake up your pineal gland, 醒 is your kanji! It enables athletes to awaken dormant talents, leading to headlines such as "Naomi Osaka Comes to Life"! Discover how to talk about spoiled fun and ruined moods and how to say that you're half-asleep. Also learn how you can sober up with a double shot of the "saké" radical!
Revision history:
May 9, 2024: p. 9: Changed the interpretation of the role of 目醒める in the book title about the psoas and then revised the translation of that title.
Feb. 9, 2024:
- pp. 13-14: In breakdowns of 酔い醒め and 酔い醒まし, I changed the definition of 酔い from “drunk" to “drunkenness."
- p. 14: Deleted the 酔い覚まし rendering of よいざまし, as sources have only 酔い醒まし for that.
Sept. 28, 2023: p. 4: Changed the def. of 徹夜 to "staying up all night."
June 11, 2021:
- p. 2: Added the Henshall etymology.
- p. 6: I slightly changed the translation of the title about Hiromi. And in the vocab. under the sentence, I have now defined 組長のオンナ, not just 組長.
- p. 7: Updated the etymology of 準, drawing on Henshall’s newer edition.
- p. 12: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.
Feb. 15, 2019: Originally published.
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