睡眠薬
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 睡眠薬
1
sleeping pill; sleep medication
Examples
医者達は私に睡眠薬しか出してくれなかった。
Doctors have offered me nothing but sleeping pills.
Kanji in this Word
睡
13 strokes
Frequency: 1739
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
drowsy
sleep
die
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
スイ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ねむ.る
ねむ.い
眠
10 strokes
Frequency: 1315
JLPT N2
Grade 8
Meanings
sleep
die
sleepy
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ミン
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ねむ.る
ねむ.い
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
ね
薬
16 strokes
Frequency: 702
JLPT N3
Grade 3
Meanings
medicine
chemical
enamel
gunpowder
benefit
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ヤク
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
くすり
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
み
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