目が冴える (めがさえる) — to be wide-awake, to be wakeful, to be unable to sleep | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to be wide-awake to be wakeful and to be unable to sleep

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

目が冴える

to be wide-awake, to be wakeful, to be unable to sleep

めがさえる

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

冴

be clear, serene, cold...

さ.える, こお.る, ゴ

冫

( 氷 ) two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)

こおり, ヒョウ

牙

tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)

きば, は, ガ

亅

feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

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