Illustration: On a living-room sofa after dinner, a parent has just fallen asleep while sharing a picture book with a young child. The parent's eyes are fully closed, their jaw relaxed, and the hand supporting the book has loosened so it slides toward their knees.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

寝ね入いる

neiru

to fall asleep

Example sentences

  1. トムはすぐに寝入ねいった。

    Tom quickly fell asleep.

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  2. 本ほんを読よみながら寝入ねいっちゃった。

    I fell asleep reading a book.

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  3. その赤あかちゃんは泣なき疲つかれて寝入ねいった。

    The baby cried itself to sleep.

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Kanji in 寝入

  • 寝lie down; sleepOnシンKunねる・ねかす・いぬ
  • 入enter; insertOnニュウ・ジュKunいる・いれる・はいる

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