How to say "nap" in Japanese

• 仮眠かみんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'nap' as a short sleep taken on purpose, for example a daytime nap or a brief doze on a break. The word you want when you simply mean taking a nap.
  少すこし仮眠かみんをとるといいですよ。↗

  A few hours nap will do you good.
• 一睡いっすいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbPresents the sleep as momentary — a wink of sleep, a snooze or doze — with the emphasis on how brief it is. Suits saying you dozed off for a moment or got hardly any sleep.
  ゆうべはほとんど一睡いっすいも出来できなかった。↗

  I could hardly get a wink of sleep last night.

Use 仮眠 for a nap in the ordinary sense, a short sleep taken in place of proper sleep; use 一睡 for a momentary doze or snooze — a wink of sleep — when brevity is the point.

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• 仮眠かみんnap
• 一睡いっすいwink of sleep
• 一眠りひとねむりnap
• 午睡ごすいnap
• まんじりnap
• 一寝入りひとねいりnap
• 仮寝かりねnap
• 仮枕かりまくらnap
• 仮睡かすいnap
• 毛羽けばfluff
• うたた寝うたたねdoze
• ネットワークアクセスポイントnetwork access point
• まどろみdoze
• 微睡びすいdoze
• 昼寝ひるね(afternoon) nap