"眠い" meaning in Japanese

See 眠い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ne̞mɯ̟i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|ねむい|infl=i}} 眠(ねむ)い • (nemui) -i (adverbial 眠(ねむ)く (nemuku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=ねむ|lemma=眠|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 眠い [canonical] (ruby: (ねむ)), nemui [romanization], 眠く [adverbial] (ruby: (ねむ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 眠かろ [imperfective, stem], ねむかろ [imperfective, stem], nemukaro [imperfective], 眠く [continuative, stem], ねむく [continuative, stem], nemuku [continuative], 眠い [stem, terminative], ねむい [stem, terminative], nemui [terminative], 眠い [attributive, stem], ねむい [attributive, stem], nemui [attributive], 眠けれ [hypothetical, stem], ねむけれ [hypothetical, stem], nemukere [hypothetical], 眠かれ [imperative, stem], ねむかれ [imperative, stem], nemukare [imperative], 眠くない [informal, negative], ねむくない [informal, negative], nemuku nai [informal, negative], 眠かった [informal, past], ねむかった [informal, past], nemukatta [informal, past], 眠くなかった [informal, negative, past], ねむくなかった [informal, negative, past], nemuku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 眠いです [formal], ねむいです [formal], nemui desu [formal], 眠くないです [formal, negative], ねむくないです [formal, negative], nemuku nai desu [formal, negative], 眠かったです [formal, past], ねむかったです [formal, past], nemukatta desu [formal, past], 眠くなかったです [formal, negative, past], ねむくなかったです [formal, negative, past], nemuku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 眠くて [conjunctive], ねむくて [conjunctive], nemukute [conjunctive], 眠ければ [conditional], ねむければ [conditional], nemukereba [conditional], 眠かったら [conditional, past], ねむかったら [conditional, past], nemukattara [conditional, past], 眠かろう [volitional], ねむかろう [volitional], nemukarō [volitional], 眠く [adverbial], ねむく [adverbial], nemuku [adverbial], 眠さ [noun-from-adj], ねむさ [noun-from-adj], nemusa [noun-from-adj]
  1. sleepy Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-眠い-ja-adj-50yhO0wK Disambiguation of Sleep: 66 34 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. drowsy
    Sense id: en-眠い-ja-adj-iXjBMpSa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 眠たい (nemutai) (ruby: (ねむ))
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "眠い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠く",
      "roman": "nemuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねむい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "眠(ねむ)い • (nemui) -i (adverbial 眠(ねむ)く (nemuku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "ねむ",
        "lemma": "眠",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Sleep",
          "orig": "ja:Sleep",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to get/become sleepy",
          "roman": "nemuku naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "眠くなる"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look with sleepy eyes",
          "roman": "nemusō na me de miru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "眠そうな目で見る"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"But I'm not sleepy.\"",
          "ref": "1926, Yumeji Takehisa, Yoru [Night]:",
          "roman": "“Datte atashi nemukunai no”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「だってあたし眠くないの」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleepy"
      ],
      "id": "en-眠い-ja-adj-50yhO0wK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleepy",
          "sleepy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm feeling so drowsy.",
          "roman": "Nemukute tamaranai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "眠くてたまらない。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drowsy"
      ],
      "id": "en-眠い-ja-adj-iXjBMpSa",
      "links": [
        [
          "drowsy",
          "drowsy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ねむい"
    },
    {
      "other": "ねむい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞mɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nemutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠たい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "眠い"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Sleep"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "眠い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠く",
      "roman": "nemuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねむい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "眠(ねむ)い • (nemui) -i (adverbial 眠(ねむ)く (nemuku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "ねむ",
        "lemma": "眠",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to get/become sleepy",
          "roman": "nemuku naru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "眠くなる"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look with sleepy eyes",
          "roman": "nemusō na me de miru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "眠そうな目で見る"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"But I'm not sleepy.\"",
          "ref": "1926, Yumeji Takehisa, Yoru [Night]:",
          "roman": "“Datte atashi nemukunai no”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「だってあたし眠くないの」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleepy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleepy",
          "sleepy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm feeling so drowsy.",
          "roman": "Nemukute tamaranai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "眠くてたまらない。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drowsy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drowsy",
          "drowsy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ねむい"
    },
    {
      "other": "ねむい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞mɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nemutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠たい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "眠い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 眠い meaning in Japanese (7.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "眠い",
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