春眠暁を覚えず

春眠暁を覚えず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春	眠	暁	覚
しゅん Grade: 2	みん Grade: S	あかつき Grade: S	おぼ Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
春眠曉を覺えず (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 春眠不覺曉, the first line of the poem Spring Dawn (「春暁」 Shungyō) by Chinese poet Meng Haoran (孟浩然 Mō Kōnen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ᵝmʲːĩɰ̃ a̠ka̠t͡sɨᵝkʲi o̞ o̞bo̞e̞zɨᵝ]

Phrase

春(しゅん)眠(みん)暁(あかつき)を覚(おぼ)えず • (shunmin akatsuki o oboezu) 

1. "sleeping in the springtime, unaware of dawn": referring to sleeping in late on a comfortable spring day