春眠暁を覚えず

Japanese
Kanji in this term
春 眠 暁 覚
しゅん
Grade: 2		 みん
Grade: S		 あかつき
Grade: S		 おぼ
Grade: 4
Alternative spelling
春眠曉を覺えず (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 春眠不覺曉, the first line of the poem Spring Dawn (「春暁」 Shungyō) by Chinese poet Meng Haoran (孟浩然 Mō Kōnen).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝmʲːĩɰ̃ a̠ka̠t͡sɨᵝkʲi o̞ o̞bo̞e̞zɨᵝ]

Phrase

春(しゅん)眠(みん)暁(あかつき)を覚(おぼ)えず • (shunmin akatsuki o oboezu) 

  1. "sleeping in the springtime, unaware of dawn": referring to sleeping in late on a comfortable spring day
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