Word details

眠い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 眠い.

Dictionary

Entry

眠い睡いむい~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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

sleep, die, sleepy

10 strokesFrequency 1,315JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ミン

Kun

ねむ.るねむ.い

Nanori

drowsy, sleep, die

13 strokesFrequency 1,739JLPT N1Grade 8

On

スイ

Kun

ねむ.るねむ.い

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