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Japanese word 眠い: sleepy / tired. Meanings and example sentences.

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眠い (ねむい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

眠い (ねむい) means sleepy / tired.

See example sentences below.

眠い at a glance

眠い

ねむいnemui

N4adj

sleepy / tired

眠いねむいnemuiN4Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 眠い

Core meaning

sleepy / tired

Basic example sentences

Example 1

今日はとてもねむいです。

Translation

I am very sleepy today.

Example 2

夜遅くまでねむくなかった。

Translation

I wasn’t sleepy until late at night.

Kanji 眠: sleep, die, sleepy

Kanji 眠: sleep, die, sleepy

Kanji 眠: meanings, readings, and example words.

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