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    3. 寝ぼける

    寝ぼける

    寝ねぼ​け​る​

    to be still half asleep

    KMT8CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    寝惚ける寝とぼける

    ねぼけるねとぼける

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be still half asleep, to be half awake, to be not yet quite awake

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    朝あさ、彼かれはまだ寝ねぼけていました。

    In the morning, he was still half asleep.

    KMT4Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    寝ねぼけたまま返へん事じをしたので、何なにを言いったか覚おぼえていません。

    I answered while still half asleep, so I don't remember what I said.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    目め覚ざまし時ど計けいが鳴なっても、しばらくは寝ねぼけて布ふ団とんから出でられません。

    Even when the alarm clock rings, I'm half asleep for a while and can't get out of bed.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    夢ゆめと現げん実じつの境さかい目めが曖あい昧まいで、寝ねぼけたような感かん覚かくが残のこっていました。

    The boundary between dream and reality was vague, and a half-asleep sensation lingered.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは寝ねぼけていたのか、質しつ問もんの意い図とを全まったく理か解いしていなかったようだ。

    He seemed to be half asleep, as he didn't understand the intention of the question at all.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    寝
    ね.る・ね.かす・い.ぬ・みたまや・や.める…(1)
    lie down・sleep・rest・bed・remain unsold
    Kanji
    ぼ
    bo
    Kana
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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