寝ぼける
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
Other spellings
寝惚ける
Other readings
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ねぼける
Examples3
うちの 弟 は、 よく 寝ぼけて 変な こと を 言い出す。
My little brother gets delirious when he's sleepy. He says the weirdest things.
彼 は その とき 寝ぼけていた らしい。
It seems that he was half asleep then.
よく 寝ぼけます。
I'm often half-asleep.