高鼾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高 鼾
たか
Grade: 2		 いびき
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 高 (taka, “high-pitched; loud”) +‎ 鼾 (ibiki, “snoring”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

高鼾 (hiragana たかいびき, rōmaji takaibiki)

  1. a loud snore
  2. a deep sleep (so deep that the sleeper does not wake from their own loud snoring)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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