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眠ねむる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to sleep
2. to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)
3. to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched
when read as "ねむる"
4. to close one's eyes
Alt. forms
眠ねむる
98%
ねむる
1%
睡ねむる
Kanji used
眠
to sleep
Pitch accent
ね
むる
Top 700
Conjugations...Used in: 5324
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
to doze off; to nod off; to snooze
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
3 more...
Examples (127 in total)
I can't sleep.
He is asleep.
I just want a little more sleep.
The town slept.
She fell asleep in a chair.
You should sleep.
You need to sleep.
The kids are asleep.
Did you have a good sleep?
The whole town lay sleeping.
I can't sleep on planes.
I have to sleep.
I fell asleep.
They were asleep.
I sleep in my room.
I also stopped sleeping.
She is already sleeping.
I was tired, but I couldn't sleep.
The cat isn't sleeping.
The dog isn't sleeping.
I'm too excited to sleep.
My wife's trying to sleep.
I don't feel like sleeping just now.
"I couldn't sleep last night," he said.
The woman sleeps in the bedroom.
Is your baby sleeping?
We slept in a tent.
He pretended to be sleeping.
Good night, sleep tight.
Why couldn't you sleep last night?
I haven't slept well recently.
I can't sleep at all!
He slept all day.
I couldn't sleep last night. I coughed a lot.
Mary appeared to be sleeping.
Is Tom still sleeping?
I haven't been sleeping well lately.
"Did you sleep well?" "I slept like a log."
He fell asleep right away.
I didn't get much sleep last night.
My father may be sleeping.
The pain was such that I was not able to sleep.
It's too bright outside to sleep.
I was asleep when Mark arrived.
I couldn't sleep well because it was noisy outside.
It was so cold that I couldn't sleep.
I think I'll sleep well tonight.
What position do you like sleeping in?
When I opened the door, I saw that she was sleeping.
My wallet was stolen while I was asleep.
Look at a baby sleeping in the bed.
This bed is too hard to sleep on.
I slept comfortably last night.
The child slept on its mother's lap.
I slept nine hours.
He must have been sleeping because he didn't answer the telephone.
I can't sleep because of the noise.
Robin looks very cute when he's sleeping.
She was only pretending to be asleep.
Many passengers were sleeping on the last train.
The deer slept on a bed of leaves.
I was very tired, but I was nevertheless unable to sleep.
Put out the light so that you can get a good sleep.
Tom can't sleep without his teddy bear.
A Persian cat was sleeping under the table.
I fell asleep while I was listening to an audiobook.
He might have been sleeping at that time.
That child soon fell asleep.
While reading a book, I fell asleep.
I want to sleep with your wife.
I like to sleep on a soft bed.
After the movie they fall asleep.
I slept just two hours.
He sleeps during the day and works at night.
He worked at night and slept in the daytime.
You had better turn off the light before you go to sleep.
I fell asleep before my father came home.
I did the washing while the baby was sleeping.
He looked for a place in which to sleep.
John tried not to wake the sleeping baby.
She usually sleeps for eight hours.
Jim was so tired that he lay down and slept.
If you sleep for a while, you will feel much better.
Look at the cute little baby sleeping in the cradle.
While sleeping, he snored loudly.
It was so hot that I slept with the window open.
It was so boring that I fell asleep.
She put the blanket over the child sleeping on the sofa.
While listening to the radio, I fell asleep.
Last night there was a fire near here, and I couldn't sleep.
It was such a hot night that I could not sleep till midnight.
The boy has been sleeping for ten hours.
I went to sleep with a handkerchief over my face.
I sleep six hours a day on average.
Fred's agitation has now subsided, and he's sleeping peacefully.
The baby slept peacefully in its mother's arms.
It is said that people who don't sleep confuse reality with dreams.
The baby sleeping in the baby carriage is as cute as an angel.
I think what you need now is some sleep.
He wasn't sleeping when I came home.
All the children fell asleep before it got dark.
Good morning, everyone. Have you slept well and had nice dreams?
He asked me if I had slept well the night before.
The show was so boring that Ann and I fell asleep.
When we are asleep, bodily functions slow down and body temperature falls.
He was about to fall asleep, when he heard his name called.
Japanese children are group members even when they are sleeping.
It was such a boring speech that I fell asleep.
You may think that animals can sleep in any position.
When Mike went to Jane's house, she was sleeping.
I had read only a few pages before I fell asleep.
The baby soon fell asleep in the cradle.
When my son is doing nothing bad, he is sleeping.
Turn down the TV a little. I'm trying to go to sleep.
The children were so excited after the party that they couldn't sleep.
She lay awake for a long time, thinking of her future.
Almost all of the passengers on the bus were asleep when the accident happened.
That baby will have slept five hours by noon.
Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
He always leaves the window open while he sleeps.
Both dogs are asleep.
Koalas sleep for 18 to 22 hours per day.
You'll feel better after a night's sleep.
I was asleep from one to four this afternoon.
He looked refreshed after a good night's sleep.
The noise kept me awake all night.
The passengers were asleep in their cabins when the ship hit a huge iceberg.