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Yomi
しんやてんしょん
Rōmaji
shinya tenshon
Type
slang
Literal Meaning
late night tension
Meaning
a high mood/feeling late at night
Additional Info
In Japanese, テンション (loaned from “tension”) means “a mood/feeling/emotional state”. People usually reach this state of mind due to the deprivation of sleep, which causes the loss of rational thinking.
Example
深夜テンションでブログ記事を書くと、翌朝読んで恥ずかしくなるだろう。
If you write a blog post while feeling high late at night, you’ll probably feel embarrassed to read it the next morning.
深夜テンションの時にネットで買い物はしない方がいい。
It’s better not to do shopping online when you’re feeling high late at night.