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眠る睡るねむるねぶるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #690
1

to sleep

Examples
もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。
In case you sleep, set the alarm.
2

to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)

Examples
彼は今地下に眠っている。
He is dead and buried now.
3

ねむる only

to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched

4

Archaic

to close one's eyes

眠い睡いねむい～い Adj.Freq #2533
1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

Examples
彼は眠くて瞼が重かった。
His eyes were heavy with sleep.
眠りねむり睡りねぶりNounFreq #4824
1

sleep; sleeping

Examples
その音で彼女は眠りから覚めた。
The sound roused her from sleep.
2

inactivity

3

Euphemistic

death

眠気眠け睡気ねむけNounFreq #6346
1

sleepiness; drowsiness

Examples
彼は勉強を始めるとどうして眠気を催すのだろうか。
Why should he feel drowsy whenever he begins to study?
眠りにつく眠りに付く眠りに就く眠りに着くねむりにつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #7185
1

to fall asleep

Examples
トムはもう３時間もの間、眠りにつこうと悪戦苦闘しています。
Poor Tom's been trying to get to sleep for three hours now.
眠りに落ちるねむりにおちるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #11539
1

to fall asleep

Examples
床につくとすぐに彼は眠りにおちた。
On going to bed, he fell asleep.
眠たいねむたいねぶたい睡たい～い Adj.Freq #11607
1

sleepy; drowsy

Examples
その薬を飲むと私はとても眠たくなりました。
The medicine made me very sleepy.
眠りこけるねむりこけるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #23805
1

to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply

眠らす睡らすねむらすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #30160
1

to put to sleep

2

Colloquial

to kill

眠り込む眠りこむねむりこむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #31924
1

to fall asleep; to sleep deeply

Examples
私はセーターを着たまま眠り込んだ。
I fell asleep with a sweater on.
眠り姫ねむりひめNounFreq #32844
1

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

眠りから覚めるねむりからさめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #36135
1

to awake from one's sleep

眠気覚まし眠気ざまし眠け覚まし眠気覚し眠け覚しねむけざましNounFreq #40967
1

keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

Examples
私は眠気覚ましに紅茶を飲んだ。
I had a cup of tea to keep myself awake.
眠り薬ねむりぐすりNounFreq #43774
1

sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic

眠気を誘うねむけをさそうExpressionGodan verbFreq #45674
1

to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness

眠れる森の美女ねむれるもりのびじょNounFreq #80662
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Sleeping Beauty (ballet by Tchaikovsky)

眠らない街眠らない町ねむらないまちNounExpressionFreq #92275
1

city that never sleeps

眠剤みんざいNounFreq #110326
1

sleeping pills

眠り病ねむりびょうNounFreq #119372
1

sleeping sickness

眠り草ねむりぐさNounFreq #157694
1

mimosa

眠り流しねむりながしNounFreq #219146
1

ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

眠りつわり眠りづわり眠り悪阻ねむりつわり (眠りつわり／眠り悪阻)ねむりづわり (眠りづわり／眠り悪阻)Noun
1

(extreme) sleepiness during pregnancy; pregnancy fatigue

眠らせる睡らせるねむらせるTransitiveIchidan verb
1

to put to sleep

2

Colloquial

to kill

3

to leave unused

ネムリブカねむりぶか眠鱶睡鱶NounUsually kana
1

whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

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