Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 不眠不休(ふみんふきゅう) in Japanese

不眠不休
Kana Reading
ふみんふきゅう
Romaji
fuminfukyū
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    without sleep or rest; day and night
    Example sentence
    父は不眠不休で働いた。 My father worked hard night and day.

Examples of 不眠不休, ふみんふきゅう in a sentence

  • 父は不眠不休で働いた。

    My father worked hard night and day.

  • 彼は不眠不休でその作品を仕上げた。

    He finished his work without sleep or rest.

Kanji in this word

眠 JLPT 3

10 strokes

sleep, die, sleepy

On'Yomi: ミン

Kun'Yomi: ねむ.る, ねむ.い

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休 JLPT 5

6 strokes

rest, day off, retire, sleep

On'Yomi: キュウ

Kun'Yomi: やす.む, やす.まる, やす.める

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不 JLPT 4

4 strokes

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

On'Yomi: フ, ブ

Kun'Yomi:

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