眠り – vocab dash

眠ねむり

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Meanings

Noun

1. sleep; sleeping

2. inactivity

3. death (Euphemism)

Kanji used

眠to sleep

Pitch accent

ねむり

Used in vocabulary

居い眠ねむり

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

Noun

一ひと眠ねむり

nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms

Noun

眠ねむり薬ぐすり

sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic

Noun

眠ねむり草ぐさ

mimosa

Noun

眠ねむり病びょう

sleeping sickness

Noun

眠ねむり姫ひめ

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

Noun

眠ねむり流ながし

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

Noun

眠ねむりつわり

(extreme) sleepiness during pregnancy; pregnancy fatigue

Noun

眠ねむりづわり

(extreme) sleepiness during pregnancy; pregnancy fatigue

Noun

空そら眠ねむり

feigned sleep

Noun

Examples15

その音おとで彼かの女じょは眠ねむりから覚さめた。

The sound roused her from sleep.

車くるまの騒そう音おんが私わたしの眠ねむりの邪じゃ魔まになった。

The traffic noise interfered with my sleep.

眠ねむりは最さい大だいの泥どろ棒ぼう。人じん生せいの半はん分ぶんも盗ぬすんでしまう。

Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.

眠ねむりが浅あさいんだ。

I'm a light sleeper.

詩し人じんは死しを眠ねむりにたとえることが多おおい。

Poets often compare death to sleep.

詩し人じんはしばしば死しを眠ねむりにたとえる。

Poets often compare death to sleep.