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Chinese[edit]

talk in sleep
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (囈語)
simp. (呓语)

Pronunciation[edit]


Verb[edit]

囈語

  1. (literary) to talk in one's sleep; to sleeptalk

Noun[edit]

囈語

  1. (literary) words uttered in one's sleep; somniloquy
  2. (figurative) crazy talk; ravings

Synonyms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
げい
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(げい)() (geigo

  1. sleeptalking, nonsense

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
うわ
Hyōgaiji
こと > ごと
Grade: 2
irregular

Noun[edit]

(うわ)(ごと) (uwagotoうはごと (ufagoto)?

  1. Alternative form of うわ言

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN