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眠 (sleep, die, sleepy)

  • JLPT N3
  • 10 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 目
  • #1315 most frequent

Body · Function

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ミン
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ねむ.るねむ.い

Example words & Vocabulary

睡眠すいみん
sleep
居眠りいねむり
dozing,nodding off
眠いねむい
sleepy
冬眠とうみん
hibernation, winter sleep
眠るねむる
to sleep
眠たいねむたい
sleepy
眠りねむり
sleep
不眠ふみん
sleeplessness
眠気ねむけ
sleepiness

Example sentences 3

町まちは眠ねむっていた。

The town slept.

私わたしは部屋へやで眠ねむる。

I sleep in my room.

彼かれは眠ねむっている。

He's asleep.

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