Illustration: In a quiet tatami bedroom, an adult sleeps deeply on a futon, their face relaxed and one hand resting loosely outside the blanket. A small child carefully places a soft toy beside the sleeper’s cheek, expecting a response, but the sleeper remains peacefully unaware.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

眠ねむり

nemuri

sleep

Example sentences

トムは眠ねむりに落おちた。
Tom fell asleep.
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少女しょうじょは眠ねむりについた。
The girl went to sleep.
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彼かれは深ふかい眠ねむりに落おちた。
He fell into a deep sleep.
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Kanji in 眠

眠sleep; dieOnミンKunねむる・ねむい

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