Illustration: On a nearly empty morning commuter train, a young office worker sits with drooping eyelids and a wide yawn covered by one hand. His head has tipped forward, but he is still trying to focus on the station platform through the window.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

眠ねむたい

nemutai

sleepy, drowsy

Example sentences

  1. その薬くすりを飲のむと私わたしはとても眠ねむたくなりました。

    The medicine made me very sleepy.

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  2. ちょうど目めを覚さましたところで私わたしはまだ眠ねむたかった。

    I’d just woken up and was still drowsy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 生徒せいとたちは今日きょうは眠ねむたいようである。

    The students seem to be sleepy today.

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Kanji in 眠

  • 眠sleep; dieOnミンKunねむる・ねむい

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