意識(いしき)が遠(とお)のく

いしきがとおのく
expression
to lose consciousness; to black out
cognition
1. to lose consciousness; to black out; to faint
To gradually lose awareness, as if consciousness is receding into the distance. Describes the experience of fainting, passing out, or drifting into unconsciousness.
意識(いしき)が遠(とお)のいていった。
I was losing consciousness.
痛(いた)みで意識(いしき)が遠(とお)のきそうになった。
I almost blacked out from the pain.
熱中症(ねっちゅうしょう)で意識(いしき)が遠(とお)のき、気(き)がついたら病院(びょういん)にいた。
I lost consciousness from heatstroke and when I came to, I was in the hospital.

Usage

A vivid expression that describes consciousness moving away (遠(とお)のく = to recede, to move far away). It captures the gradual, drifting quality of losing awareness, unlike the more abrupt 気(き)を失(うしな)う. Often used in narrative or first-person accounts of medical emergencies, exhaustion, or intense pain.

Common collocations

  • 意識(いしき)が遠(とお)のいていく (consciousness fading away — progressive form)
  • 意識(いしき)が遠(とお)のきそうになる (to feel like one is about to lose consciousness)

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Compare: 気絶(きぜつ) (to faint)
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