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    3. 寝返り

    寝返り

    寝ね返がえり​

    turning over in bed

    KMT10News #36+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    ねがえり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    turning over in bed, rolling over, tossing and turning

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    2.
    betrayal, double-crossing

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    赤あかちゃんが初はじめて寝ね返がえりを打うった。

    The baby rolled over for the first time.

    KMT7Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    夜よ中なかに何なん度ども寝ね返がえりを打うって、よく眠ねむれなかった。

    I tossed and turned many times during the night and couldn't sleep well.

    KMT9Daily Life
    彼かれは味み方かたを裏うら切ぎり、敵てきに寝ね返がえった。

    He betrayed his allies and defected to the enemy.

    KMT10Politics & LawMilitary
    快かい適てきな睡すい眠みんのためには、自し然ぜんな寝ね返がえりができるスペースが必ひつ要ようだ。

    For comfortable sleep, space for natural tossing and turning is necessary.

    KMT10Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    政せい治じの世せ界かいでは、寝ね返がえりは珍めずらしいことではない。

    In the world of politics, betrayal is not uncommon.

    KMT10Politics & Law

    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
    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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