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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

休眠中の

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyūmin-chū no

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dormant/ˈdɔːr.mənt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"種子は条件が整うまで休眠中です。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    In a state of rest or inactivity; not active or not exhibiting growth.

    "The seeds remain dormant until the conditions are right for germination."
  2. 2

    Temporarily inactive or inoperative.

    "The volcano has been dormant for centuries, but it could erupt again."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French present participle of dormir 'to sleep', from Latin dormire, tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root *drem- 'to run' or 'to sleep'. Historically used in heraldry and biology, the term evolved to describe anything temporarily inactive yet capable of being activated.

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