Keyword
to sleep
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1977
Readings
ねむ
(53%)
ねぶ
(37%)
みん
(9%)
Composed of
eye
people
Mnemonic

When the people around you close their eyes and lie down it's probably because they're going to sleep. And you should too.

Used in vocabulary (127 in total)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
Examples (200 in total)
He might have been sleeping at that time.
That child soon fell asleep.
I just want a little more sleep.