Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
寝起き
English translation:
Getting in and out of bed
Added to glossary by
Steven Smith
Apr 21, 2008 22:11
16 yrs ago
Japanese term
United Kingdom
寝起き
Japanese to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Activities of daily living
This is one of a list of basic 'activities of daily living' by which patients are assessed, along with walking, standing and sitting, getting dressed, etc.
To me it is unclear whether this just means 'getting up' or if it is both 'going to bed' and 'getting up.' In my dictionaries this word has both meanings, but in common usage it seems to more commonly mean just getting up.
However, some other items in the list are pairs (eg. 立ち座り、衣服の着脱), so maybe this is too.
To me it is unclear whether this just means 'getting up' or if it is both 'going to bed' and 'getting up.' In my dictionaries this word has both meanings, but in common usage it seems to more commonly mean just getting up.
However, some other items in the list are pairs (eg. 立ち座り、衣服の着脱), so maybe this is too.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | Getting in and out of bed without assistance |
Aogara
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| 4 +3 | lying down and getting up |
Krzysztof Łesyk
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| 4 | getting up |
yuzouren
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| 2 | alertness upon waking up |
Yuki Okada
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Proposed translations
+3
50 mins
Selected
Getting in and out of bed without assistance
From the context, I suppose 寝起き here concerns the patients' physical ability to get up and lie down, or to get in and out of bed without someone else's assistance.
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+3
28 mins
lying down and getting up
I don't think this has anything to do with sleeping - 寝る can also mean "to lie down", as in 寝てテレビを見る: watch TV lying down. I think here they mean patients are assessed by their ability to lie down and stand back up without help.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
KathyT
: Agree with ability to lie down and stand/get back up without help.
31 mins
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| agree |
Kurt Hammond
: agree. it probably means 'lie down' instead of 'sleep' here.
2 hrs
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| agree |
michiko tsum (X)
3 hrs
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29 mins
getting up
It means there are some difficulties in changing position from lying to sitting.
5 hrs
Yuki Okada
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12
alertness upon waking up
If it is related to a medical condition, I would think that this is asking how well, or alert, a patient feels upon waking up. 寝 is there just to distinguish it from simple 起き which can mean standing up from a sitting or lying position without sleeping. If you want to ask how well a patient can fall asleep, you would say 寝付き, so I would exclude falling asleep part in this particular situation.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
michiko tsum (X)
: Judging from the other items on the list, I think this refers to patient's abilities to do thing. Action rather than condition.
43 mins
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Discussion
１ 眠りから覚めて起きること。また、起きたばかりの状態。「―が悪い」
２ 寝ることと起きること。転じて、生活すること。「一つ屋根の下に―する」
But I think in this case it means waking up and falling asleep.