Utatane (うたた寝 - Doze/Nap)

Recently I often become a state of "utatane" (うたた寝).

"Utatane" means to be about to fall asleep even if you don't want to do so.

The "ne" (寝) of "utatane" means to sleep, but actually, the etymology of the "utata" have yet to be revealed.

Since the "utata" (うたた) can be used as an adverb that means that something progresses steadily and becomes deadly, a theory insists that the "utata" of "utatane" comes from this adverb, and implies that drowsiness progresses.

Another theory insists that the "utata" comes from the onomatopoeia "uto uto," which represents that someone is sleepy.

うたた寝

私は最近よく「うたた寝」をします。

「うたた寝」とは、寝るつもりはないのに、ついうとうと眠ってしまうことを意味します。

「寝」は「寝る」という意味ですが、実は「うたた」の語源はよくわかっていません。

「うたた」は「状態がどんどん進行して甚だしくなるさま」を意味する副詞で、これを「眠気の進行」と捉え「うたた寝」の語源とする説もありますが、一部では間違っていると考えられています。

他の説としては、「眠気を催して浅く眠るさま」を表す「うとうと」という擬態語から来ているというものなどがあります。

• Recently I often become a state of "utatane" (うたた寝).
• Recently I often gbecome into a state of "utatane" (うたた寝).

• The "ne" (寝) of "utatane" means to sleep, but actually, the etymology of the "utata" have yet to be revealed.
• The "ne" (寝) of "utatane" means to sleep, but actually, the etymology of the "utata" haveis yet to be revealed.

• Since the "utata" (うたた) can be used as an adverb that means that something progresses steadily and becomes deadly, a theory insists that the "utata" of "utatane" comes from this adverb, and implies that drowsiness progresses.
• Since the "utata" (うたた) can be used as an adverb wthichat means that something progresses steadily and becomes deadly, a theory insists that the "utata" of "utatane" comes from this adverb, and implies that drowsiness progresses.

I need うたた寝 a lot but it impossible because of 大学

As usual it is an interesting entry! I don't think there is a word like this in English. But I'm glad to learn this today! (^w^). I know the feeling of うたた寝 very well (ಥ﹏ಥ)