Illustration: In a compact Japanese apartment, a young adult bolts upright in a rumpled futon as strong morning sunlight enters through the curtains. Beside the pillow, a plain analog alarm clock has its current hands well beyond its separate alarm-setting pointer; its face has simple tick marks without numerals.

JLPT N4suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

寝ね坊ぼう

nebou

to oversleep, to sleep in

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはときどき寝坊ねぼうする。

    He sometimes sleeps in.

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  2. 寝坊ねぼうしないように注意ちゅういしなさい。

    Take care not to oversleep.

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  3. 僕ぼくは寝坊ねぼうして学校がっこうに遅刻ちこくした。

    I overslept and was late for school.

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Kanji in 寝坊

  • 寝lie down; sleepOnシンKunねる・ねかす・いぬ
  • 坊boy; priest's residenceOnボウ・ボッ

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