Word Meaning 冬眠

とうみん toumin

冬眠 is read as とうみん (toumin) and means hibernation.

Meaning

English

  1. hibernation
  2. winter sleep
  3. torpor

Reading

Kana

とうみん

Romaji

toumin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 夏眠 Rank 8105 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人工冬眠

じんこうとうみん

artificial hibernation

大冬眠鼠

おおやまね

edible dormouse (Glis glis)

冬期

とうき

winter

不眠

ふみん

sleeplessness

安眠

あんみん

sound sleep

休眠

きゅうみん

dormancy

冬季

とうき

(season of) winter

ふゆ

winter

冬休み

ふゆやすみ

winter vacation

冬物

ふゆもの

winter goods

冬至

とうじ

winter solstice

冬場

ふゆば

wintertime

Example Sentences

10

I want to hibernate.

Bears hibernate.

The squirrel is hibernating.

It's cold. I want to hibernate.

Bears hibernate during the winter.

Why do bears hibernate?

Why don't people hibernate?

I used to think that only bears hibernate, but the teacher said that turtles do as well.

If you consider the objective of hibernation, I think it's the response of animals trying to somehow survive the winter season with its lack of food.

Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.