Illustration: In a Japanese apartment bedroom, a child lies tucked into a futon while a parent sits beside the pillow with a closed picture book. The child's eyelids have just settled shut, the mouth has loosened, and the hand that was gripping the parent's sleeve is slipping open onto the blanket.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

寝ね付つく

netsuku

to fall asleep

Example sentences

  1. その時ときは、まだ寝付ねついてなかったよ。

    I wasn’t yet asleep at that time.

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  2. 最近気さいきんきがかりなことがたくさんあって、夜よる寝付ねつくのに苦労くろうしている。

    I’ve had a lot on my mind recently and have had trouble falling asleep at night.

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  3. その子こはまもなく寝ねついた。

    The boy soon went to sleep.

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Kanji in 寝付

  • 寝lie down; sleepOnシンKunねる・ねかす・いぬ
  • 付adhere; attachOnフKunつける・つけ・つけ-

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