居眠り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ねむ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ねむ) • (inemuri) ゐねむり (winemuri)?

  1. an accidental doze while seated

Verb

()(ねむ)する • (inemuri suru) intransitive suru (stem ()(ねむ) (inemuri shi), past ()(ねむ)した (inemuri shita))

  1. involuntarily doze off while seated
    (でん)(しゃ)()(ねむ)りするサラリーマン(たち)
    densha de inemuri suru sararīman-tachi
    a group of office workers dozing on the train

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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