Illustration: A young adult has just shuffled from an open bedroom into an apartment living room, still wearing pajamas with one slipper missing. Their hair is flattened on one side, and their eyes are barely open. They hold the television remote to their ear while the actual phone vibrates on a nearby cushion.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

寝ねぼける

nebokeru

to be half asleep

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはそのとき寝ねぼけていたらしい。

    It seems that he was half asleep then.

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  2. まだ寝ねぼけてるの？

    Are you still half asleep?

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  3. よく寝ねぼけます。

    I’m often half-asleep.

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Kanji in 寝

  • 寝lie down; sleepOnシンKunねる・ねかす・いぬ

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