Illustration: At a Japanese apartment's breakfast table, a young adult pauses halfway through peeling a mandarin. Their eyelids droop, their shoulders sag, and one hand rises to cover an enormous yawn. The peel hangs in a long spiral from the fruit, almost reaching the plate.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

眠ねむ気け

nemuke

sleepiness, drowsiness

Example sentences

  1. 眠気ねむけが来きた。

    I got drowsy.

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  2. ちょっと読よんだだけで、眠気ねむけに襲おそわれました。

    I became very sleepy after a bit of reading.

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  3. 私わたしは眠気ねむけと戦たたかった。

    I fought against sleep.

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Kanji in 眠気

  • 眠sleep; dieOnミンKunねむる・ねむい
  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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