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Japanese
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「眠い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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Stem forms
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Continuative (連用形)
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眠く
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ねむく
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Terminal (終止形)
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眠い
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ねむい ねむい
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Attributive (連体形)
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眠い
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ねむい
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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眠くない
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ねむくない
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Informal past
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眠かった
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ねむかった
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Informal negative past
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眠くなかった
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ねむくなかった
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Formal
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眠いです
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ねむいです
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Conjunctive
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眠くて
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ねむくて
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Conditional
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眠ければ
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ねむければ
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Adjective
眠い • (nemui) -i (adverbial 眠く (nemuku))
- sleepy
- 眠くなる ― nemuku naru ― to get/become sleepy
- 眠そうな目で見る ― nemusō na me de miru ― to look with sleepy eyes
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- 「だってあたし眠くないの」
- “Datte atashi nemukunai no”
- "But I'm not sleepy."
- drowsy
- 眠くてたまらない。
- Nemukute tamaranai.
- I'm feeling so drowsy.
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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眠かろ
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ねむかろ
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nemukaro
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Continuative (連用形)
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眠く
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ねむく
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nemuku
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Terminal (終止形)
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眠い
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ねむい
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nemui
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Attributive (連体形)
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眠い
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ねむい
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nemui
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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眠けれ
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ねむけれ
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nemukere
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Imperative (命令形)
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眠かれ
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ねむかれ
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nemukare
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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眠くない
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ねむくない
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nemuku nai
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Informal past
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眠かった
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ねむかった
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nemukatta
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Informal negative past
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眠くなかった
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ねむくなかった
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nemuku nakatta
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Formal
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眠いです
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ねむいです
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nemui desu
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Formal negative
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眠くないです
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ねむくないです
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nemuku nai desu
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Formal past
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眠かったです
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ねむかったです
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nemukatta desu
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Formal negative past
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眠くなかったです
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ねむくなかったです
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nemuku nakatta desu
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Conjunctive
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眠くて
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ねむくて
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nemukute
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Conditional
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眠ければ
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ねむければ
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nemukereba
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Provisional
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眠かったら
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ねむかったら
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nemukattara
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Volitional
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眠かろう
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ねむかろう
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nemukarō
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Adverbial
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眠く
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ねむく
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nemuku
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Degree
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眠さ
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ねむさ
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nemusa
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Synonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.