Sleep Paralysis
Temporary Paralysis
noun
Remember how you learned that 縛る means "to bind?" Well, in Japanese being bound by gold means you're experiencing sleep paralysis, or temporary paralysis. Just imagine that you're waking from a dream where you're bound up in gold thread, and it's stopping you from moving.
This is a combination of the words 金 and 縛る. Both use the kun'yomi readings, but 金 becomes かな instead of かね. If you can remember that exception, this should be easy!
金縛りにあったことはありますか。
Have you ever had sleep paralysis before?
昨日の夜、久しぶりに金縛りにあったんだよね。
I experienced sleep paralysis for the first time in a while last night.
金縛りは疲れてるサインかもってどこかで読んだよ。
I read somewhere that sleep paralysis might be a sign of exhaustion.
金縛りにあってる時は、声も出せないし、動こうとしてもピクリともしないんだよ。
When you're experiencing sleep paralysis, you can't make a sound, and even if you try to move, you can't budge an inch.