居眠り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ねむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ねむ) (inemuriゐねむり (winemuri)?

  1. an accidental doze while seated

Verb

()(ねむ)する (inemuri suruintransitive suru (stem ()(ねむ) (inemuri shi), past ()(ねむ)した (inemuri shita))

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

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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