冬眠
とうみん
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
Example sentences
冬眠したい。
I want to hibernate.
熊は冬眠します。
Bears hibernate.
寒い。冬眠したい。
It's cold. I want to hibernate.
リスは冬眠中です。
The squirrel is hibernating.
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Bears hibernate during the winter.
More examples (6)
クマって、どうして冬眠するの?
Why do bears hibernate?
どうして人間は冬眠しないのですか?
Why don't people hibernate?
冬眠するのはクマだけかと思ってたけど、先生がカメも冬眠するって言ってた。
I used to think that only bears hibernate, but the teacher said that turtles do as well.
冬眠の目的を考えれば、冬の食料の少ない季節を何とか乗り切ろうとした生物の適応だと思うのです。
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.
乳酸菌はかなりしぶとい菌で、冷凍しても単に冬眠するだけで、解凍すればそのまま復活させることができます。
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.
「寒いね。こんな寒いと冬眠したくなってくるよね」「えー、俺は寒い方がテンション上がるんだけど。むしろ夏ずっと眠ってたい」
"It's cold, isn't it? With it being this cold, you'd want to go into hibernation, wouldn't you?" "Eh, the colder weather excites me. I'd rather sleep through the summer."