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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
居眠り • (inemuri) ←ゐねむり (winemuri)?
- an accidental doze while seated
Verb
居眠りする • (inemuri suru) intransitive suru (stem 居眠りし (inemuri shi), past 居眠りした (inemuri shita))
- involuntarily doze off while seated
- 電車で居眠りするサラリーマン達
- densha de inemuri suru sararīman-tachi
- a group of office workers dozing on the train
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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居眠りし
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いねむりし
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inemuri shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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居眠りし
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いねむりし
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inemuri shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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居眠りする
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いねむりする
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inemuri suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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居眠りする
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いねむりする
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inemuri suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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居眠りすれ
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いねむりすれ
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inemuri sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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居眠りせよ¹ 居眠りしろ²
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いねむりせよ¹ いねむりしろ²
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inemuri seyo¹ inemuri shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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居眠りされる
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いねむりされる
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inemuri sareru
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Causative
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居眠りさせる 居眠りさす
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いねむりさせる いねむりさす
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inemuri saseru inemuri sasu
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Potential
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居眠りできる
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いねむりできる
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inemuri dekiru
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Volitional
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居眠りしよう
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いねむりしよう
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inemuri shiyō
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Negative
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居眠りしない
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いねむりしない
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inemuri shinai
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Negative continuative
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居眠りせず
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いねむりせず
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inemuri sezu
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Formal
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居眠りします
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いねむりします
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inemuri shimasu
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Perfective
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居眠りした
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いねむりした
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inemuri shita
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Conjunctive
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居眠りして
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いねむりして
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inemuri shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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居眠りすれば
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いねむりすれば
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inemuri sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN