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New Expressions & Buzzwords | 睡眠負債
Sleep Debt
This refers to a condition in which lack of sleep piles up like a debt. If it carries on for a long time it sets one’s biological clock into disarray and has a negative influence on the brain. This raises one’s chances of contracting a serious illness.
睡眠不足が
suiminn’busoku ga
lack of sleep
借金
shakkinn
(a) debt
のように
no youni
like
積み重なる
tsumikasanaru
(in which) piles up
状態
joutai
(a) condition
のことです。
no koto desu.
(this) refers to
長く
nagaku
for a long time
続く
tsuduku
(it) carries on
と
to
if
体内時計が
tainai’dokei ga
(it sets one’s) biological clock (into)
混乱
konnrann
disarray
し、
shi,
and
脳
nou
(the) brain
にも
nimo
on
影響します。
eikyou shi masu.
has (a negative) influence
命にかかわる病気
inochi ni kakawaru byouki
contracting (a) serious illness
の
no
of
リスクが
risuku ga
(one’s) chances
高まります。
takamari masu.
(this) raises
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