居眠り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
居 眠
い
Grade: 5 		ねむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

居(い)眠(ねむ)り • (inemuri) ←ゐねむり (winemuri)?

  1. an accidental doze while seated

Verb

居(い)眠(ねむ)りする • (inemuri suru) intransitive suru (stem 居(い)眠(ねむ)りし (inemuri shi), past 居(い)眠(ねむ)りした (inemuri shita))

  1. involuntarily doze off while seated
    電(でん)車(しゃ)で居(い)眠(ねむ)りするサラリーマン達(たち)
    densha de inemuri suru sararīman-tachi
    a group of office workers dozing on the train

Conjugation

Conjugation of "居眠りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 居眠りし いねむりし inemuri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 居眠りし いねむりし inemuri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 居眠りする いねむりする inemuri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 居眠りする いねむりする inemuri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 居眠りすれ いねむりすれ inemuri sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 居眠りせよ¹
居眠りしろ² 		いねむりせよ¹
いねむりしろ² 		inemuri seyo¹
inemuri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 居眠りされる いねむりされる inemuri sareru
Causative 居眠りさせる
居眠りさす 		いねむりさせる
いねむりさす 		inemuri saseru
inemuri sasu
Potential 居眠りできる いねむりできる inemuri dekiru
Volitional 居眠りしよう いねむりしよう inemuri shiyō
Negative 居眠りしない いねむりしない inemuri shinai
Negative continuative 居眠りせず いねむりせず inemuri sezu
Formal 居眠りします いねむりします inemuri shimasu
Perfective 居眠りした いねむりした inemuri shita
Conjunctive 居眠りして いねむりして inemuri shite
Hypothetical conditional 居眠りすれば いねむりすれば inemuri sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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