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寝る (ねる) — to sleep | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

寝る

ねる

ichidan verbtransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1to sleep
2to go to sleep
3to go to bed
4to sleep (lying down)
5to lie in bed
6to lie down
7to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse)
8to lie flat (e.g. of hair)

Example sentence

毎晩十一時に寝ます。

まいばんじゅういちじにねます。

I go to bed at eleven every night.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

寝Lie Down, Sleep, Rest13 strokes

More words with 寝

寝台しんだい · bedN2 寝床ねどこ · bed 朝寝坊あさねぼう · oversleepingN2 寝巻ねまき · sleep-wearN2 昼寝ひるね · nap (at home)N2

Full entry on Jisho

寝返りねがえり · turning over in bed

寝過ごすねすごす · to oversleep

うたた寝うたたね · dozingN1

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