眠る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
眠
ねむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
睡る
See also 眠り
See also 眠らせる

Etymology

Older form is ねぶる, from the same root with Old Japanese 寝 (nu) (whence 寝る (neru, “to sleep; to lie down”)), in turn from Proto-Japonic *naynpuru. Cognate with Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/), Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi), Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/), Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/), Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/), 眠りゅむっ (nïpryum /⁠nɨ́pɾʲùm̩⁠/), Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/), Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/), Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv), Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/), and Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「眠る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		眠る ねむる
Imperative (命令形) 眠れ ねむれ
Key constructions
Passive 眠られる ねむられる
Causative 眠らせる ねむらせる
Potential 眠れる ねむれる
Volitional 眠ろう ねむろー
Negative 眠らない ねむらない
Negative perfective 眠らなかった ねむらなかった
Formal 眠ります ねむります
Perfective 眠った ねむった
Conjunctive 眠って ねむって
Hypothetical conditional 眠れば ねむれば

Verb

眠(ねむ)る • (nemuru) intransitive godan (stem 眠(ねむ)り (nemuri), past 眠(ねむ)った (nemutta))

  1. to sleep
  2. (figurative) to die; to be buried
    • 2019 March 26, “樹(き)木(き)希(き)林(りん)さん「夫(おっと)をよろしく」内(うち)田(だ)裕(ゆう)也(や)さん託(たく)した最(さい)後(ご)の女(じょ)性(せい)”, in 女(じょ)性(せい)自(じ)身(しん) [Josei Jishin]‎:
      樹(き)木(き)希(き)林(りん)さん（享(きょう)年(ねん) 75(ななじゅうご)）が眠(ねむ)る東(とう)京(きょう)都(と)港(みなと)区・光(く・こう)林(りん)寺(じ)の墓(ぼ)前(ぜん)には、鮮(あざ)やかなピンク色(いろ)のチューリップが供(そな)えられていた。
      Kiki Kirin-san (kyōnen nanajūgo) ga nemuru Tōkyō-to Minato-ku Kōrin-ji no bozen ni wa, azayaka na pinku iro no chūrippu ga sonaerarete ita.
      Vivid pink tulips were offered in front of the tomb on Kōrin-ji Temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where Mrs. Kirin Kiki (died age 75) is buried.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "眠る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 眠ら ねむら nemura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 眠り ねむり nemuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 眠る ねむる nemuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 眠る ねむる nemuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 眠れ ねむれ nemure
Meireikei ("imperative") 眠れ ねむれ nemure
Key constructions
Passive 眠られる ねむられる nemurareru
Causative 眠らせる
眠らす 		ねむらせる
ねむらす 		nemuraseru
nemurasu
Potential 眠れる ねむれる nemureru
Volitional 眠ろう ねむろう nemurō
Negative 眠らない ねむらない nemuranai
Negative continuative 眠らず ねむらず nemurazu
Formal 眠ります ねむります nemurimasu
Perfective 眠った ねむった nemutta
Conjunctive 眠って ねむって nemutte
Hypothetical conditional 眠れば ねむれば nemureba

Synonyms

References

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