寝る
ねる
hepburn neru
to sleep, to lie down
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 昨日は早く寝ました。I went to bed early yesterday.
- 何時に寝ますか。What time do you sleep?
Collocations
早く寝る遅く寝る寝る前 (before sleeping)寝坊する (oversleep)寝室 (bedroom)
Mnemonic
ねる — 寝る, Yamato. An ichidan verb. The kanji 寝 shows a person lying down under a roof (宀) — 'lying down inside a house'. One verb carries two beats — the act of falling asleep: 早く寝る (to go to bed early). the state of lying / sleeping: 寝ている (to be asleep / to be lying down). Sleep itself and the entry into sleep share one word; the ~ている auxiliary splits them. With its partner 起きる okiru (to wake), 寝る becomes one of the two daily borders — the day ends at 寝る and opens again at 起きる.
Quick check
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