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A Breakdown of the Kanji

昼寝をしている私の直木賞百万円
Hirune o Shite Iru Watashi no Naoki-shō Hyakuman-En
My ¥1 Million Naoki Prize (Money) Takes a Nap.

昼寝 (hirune: nap)     noon + sleep

This compound means “nap.” But with noon + sleep as the breakdown, it seems more accurate to say that 昼寝 means “siesta.”

(watashi: I)

直木賞 (Naoki-shō: prestigious literary prize named after novelist Naoki Sanjūgo)     Family name (1st 2 chars.) + prize

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