ねむりにつく – Vocabulary details

ねむりにつく

Expression

Verb (5-dan, く)

1. to fall asleep

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

彼かの女じょは深ふかいねむりについた。

She fell into a deep sleep.

トムは目めを閉とじてねむりについた。

Tom closed his eyes and fell asleep.

とうとうその赤あかん坊ぼうはねむりについた。

At last, the baby fell asleep.

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