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    3. 眠い

    眠い

    眠ねむい​

    sleepy

    N4KMT9News #30+1CoreAdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    睡い

    ねむい

    Adjective

    1.
    sleepy, drowsy, somnolent

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    Speed1.0x

    私わたしはとても眠ねむいです。

    I am very sleepy.

    KMT2Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    昨さく夜やあまり寝ねていないので、今きょ日うは一いち日にち中じゅう眠ねむい。

    I didn't sleep much last night, so I'm sleepy all day today.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    授じゅ業ぎょう中ちゅう、眠ねむくてうとうとしてしまった。

    I got drowsy and dozed off during class.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    長ちょう距きょう離りう運ん転てん中ちゅうは、眠ねむくなったらすぐに休きゅう憩けいを取とるべきだ。

    When driving long distances, you should take a break immediately if you get sleepy.

    KMT9Daily LifeTravel & TransportationMedicine & Health
    眠ねむい目めをこすりながら、彼かれは夜よる遅おそくまで論ろん文ぶんを書かき続つづけた。

    Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he continued writing his thesis late into the night.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyEducationWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    眠
    ねむ.る・ねむ.い…(2)
    sleep・die・sleepy
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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