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居眠り

居眠り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ねむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

居眠り (hiragana いねむり, romaji inemuri)

  1. an accidental doze while seated

Verb

居眠りする (intransitive, hiragana いねむりする, romaji inemuri suru)

  1. involuntarily doze off while seated
    電車 (でんしゃ)居眠 (いねむ)りするサラリーマン (たち)
    densha de inemuri suru sararīman-tachi
    a group of office workers dozing in the train

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.