冬眠とうみん (toumin)

hibernation, winter sleep

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

冬眠 (とうみん, toumin) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “hibernation, winter sleep”.

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Example sentences 10

くまはまだ 冬眠とうみんしています

The bear is still hibernating.

どうして 人間にんげん冬眠とうみんしないのですか?

Why don't people hibernate?

しかし、ウナギの旬は冬眠に備えて身に養分を貯える晩秋から初冬にかけての時期である。

However, eels are in season from late fall to early winter because they accumulate nutrients in their bodies in order to prepare themselves for hibernation.

相対湿度を上げた中で、空気触媒効果によるエチレンガス吸着及びガス分解を促進させ冬眠状態で保存を可能にさせる。

In a method for keeping freshness of the plants, fruits or food, ethylene gas adsorption and gas decomposition are promoted through an air catalytic effect in an increased relative humidity to enable their storage in a hibernating state.