Illustration: In a tatami living room on a warm afternoon, a person lowers themselves from sitting onto their back beside a low table. One elbow still supports their descending torso, while their legs stretch loosely across the mat and their free hand reaches behind their head.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

寝ね転ころぶ

nekorobu

to lie down

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは仰向あおむけに寝転ねころんだ。

    He lay on his back.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 僕ぼくは、芝生しばふの上うえで寝転ねころんで子犬こいぬとじゃれた。

    I played with a puppy while lying on the grass.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 彼かれはよくベッドのうえで寝転ねころんで読書どくしょしている。

    He often lies on the bed and reads.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 寝転

  • 寝lie down; sleepOnシンKunねる・ねかす・いぬ
  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす

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