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In Japan, daytime napping, or inemuri -- literally, 'to be present and asleep' -- is widely practised.
mkb commented on the word inemuri
The Japanese practice of sleeping on the job. It literally means, "sleeping while present". It is a way to show how committed to you are to working. In other words, you spend so much time working that you sleep too little and have to do Inemuri.
April 17, 2008