"眠る" meaning in Japanese

See 眠る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ne̞mɯ̟ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Older form is ねぶる, from the same root with Old Japanese 寝 (nu) (whence 寝る (neru, “to sleep; to lie down”)), in turn from Proto-Japonic *naynpuru. Cognate with Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/), Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi), Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/), Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/), Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/), 眠りゅむっ (nïpryum /⁠nɨ́pɾʲùm̩⁠/), Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/), Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/), Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv), Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/), and Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/). Etymology templates: {{ja-l/helper|ねぶる||}} ねぶる, {{ja-l|ねぶる|tr=neburu}} ねぶる, {{cog|ojp|寝|sort=ねむる|tr=nu}} Old Japanese 寝 (nu), {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*naynpuru|sort=ねむる}} Proto-Japonic *naynpuru, {{cog|xug|眠ん|sort=ねむる|tr=ninbin|ts=níɴbîɴ}} Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/), {{cog|ryn|眠るり|sort=ねむる|tr=nïbururi}} Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi), {{cog|ryu|眠じゅん|sort=ねむる|tr=ninjun|ts=níɴdʑùɴ}} Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/), {{cog|okn|眠ゆん|sort=ねむる|tr=nibuyun|ts=nìbújúɴ}} Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/), {{cog|ams|眠っゆむっ|sort=ねむる|tr=nïpyum|ts=nɨ́pjùm̩}} Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/), {{cog|tkn|眠びゅい|sort=ねむる|tr=ninbyui|ts=nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́}} Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/), {{cog|yox|眠ゆん|sort=ねむる|tr=nibuyun|ts=nìbùjùɴ}} Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/), {{cog|mvi|眠ゔっ|sort=ねむる|tr=niv}} Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv), {{cog|rys|眠ん|sort=ねむる|tr=ninbun|ts=níbùɴ}} Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/), {{cog|yoi|眠どぅん|sort=ねむる|tr=nindun|ts=níɴdúɴ}} Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ねむる|tr=intrans|type=1}} 眠(ねむ)る • (nemuru) intransitive godan (stem 眠(ねむ)り (nemuri), past 眠(ねむ)った (nemutta)) Forms: 眠る [canonical] (ruby: (ねむ)), nemuru [romanization], 眠り [stem] (ruby: (ねむ)), 眠った [past] (ruby: (ねむ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 眠ら [error-unrecognized-form], ねむら [error-unrecognized-form], nemura [error-unrecognized-form], 眠り [error-unrecognized-form], ねむり [error-unrecognized-form], nemuri [error-unrecognized-form], 眠る [error-unrecognized-form], ねむる [error-unrecognized-form], nemuru [error-unrecognized-form], 眠れ [error-unrecognized-form], ねむれ [error-unrecognized-form], nemure [error-unrecognized-form], 眠られる [passive], ねむられる [passive], nemurareru [passive], 眠らせる [causative], 眠らす [causative], ねむらせる [causative], ねむらす [causative], nemuraseru [causative], nemurasu [causative], 眠れる [potential], ねむれる [potential], nemureru [potential], 眠ろう [volitional], ねむろう [volitional], nemurō [volitional], 眠らない [negative], ねむらない [negative], nemuranai [negative], 眠らず [continuative, negative], ねむらず [continuative, negative], nemurazu [continuative, negative], 眠ります [formal], ねむります [formal], nemurimasu [formal], 眠った [perfective], ねむった [perfective], nemutta [perfective], 眠って [conjunctive], ねむって [conjunctive], nemutte [conjunctive], 眠れば [conditional, hypothetical], ねむれば [conditional, hypothetical], nemureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to sleep Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms (to sleep): 寝る (neru) (ruby: ())
    Sense id: en-眠る-ja-verb-w~6onUrj Disambiguation of Sleep: 85 15 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to sleep': 100 0
  2. (figurative) to die; to be buried Tags: figuratively Synonyms (to die): 死ぬ (shinu), 葬られる (hōmurareru)
    Sense id: en-眠る-ja-verb-mrAnd2jU Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'to die': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 眠い (nemui) (ruby: (ねむ)) (english: sleepy), 眠たい (nemutai) (ruby: (ねむ)) (english: sleepy), 眠気 (nemuke) (ruby: (ねむ), ()) (english: sleepiness), 居眠り (inemuri) (ruby: (), (ねむ)) (english: doze, nap)
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      "args": {
        "1": "ねぶる",
        "2": "",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ねぶる",
      "name": "ja-l/helper"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ねぶる",
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      },
      "expansion": "ねぶる",
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    {
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        "sort": "ねむる",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "xug",
        "2": "眠ん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninbin",
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      "expansion": "Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ryn",
        "2": "眠るり",
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        "tr": "nïbururi"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ryu",
        "2": "眠じゅん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninjun",
        "ts": "níɴdʑùɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okn",
        "2": "眠ゆん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nibuyun",
        "ts": "nìbújúɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ams",
        "2": "眠っゆむっ",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nïpyum",
        "ts": "nɨ́pjùm̩"
      },
      "expansion": "Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkn",
        "2": "眠びゅい",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninbyui",
        "ts": "nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yox",
        "2": "眠ゆん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nibuyun",
        "ts": "nìbùjùɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mvi",
        "2": "眠ゔっ",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "niv"
      },
      "expansion": "Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rys",
        "2": "眠ん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninbun",
        "ts": "níbùɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yoi",
        "2": "眠どぅん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nindun",
        "ts": "níɴdúɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Older form is ねぶる, from the same root with Old Japanese 寝 (nu) (whence 寝る (neru, “to sleep; to lie down”)), in turn from Proto-Japonic *naynpuru. Cognate with Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/), Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi), Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/), Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/), Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/), 眠りゅむっ (nïpryum /⁠nɨ́pɾʲùm̩⁠/), Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/), Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/), Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv), Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/), and Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "眠る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠り",
      "roman": "nemuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠った",
      "roman": "nemutta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemura",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemutta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemutte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねむる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "眠(ねむ)る • (nemuru) intransitive godan (stem 眠(ねむ)り (nemuri), past 眠(ねむ)った (nemutta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sleepy",
      "roman": "nemui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sleepy",
      "roman": "nemutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠たい"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sleepiness",
      "roman": "nemuke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ],
        [
          "気",
          "け"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠気"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "doze, nap",
      "roman": "inemuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "居",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "居眠り"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
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        "to sleep"
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      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "neru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to sleep",
          "word": "寝る"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "_dis": "16 84",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Vivid pink tulips were offered in front of the tomb on Kōrin-ji Temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where Mrs. Kirin Kiki (died age 75) is buried.",
          "ref": "2019 March 26, “樹(き)木(き)希(き)林(りん)さん「夫(おっと)をよろしく」内(うち)田(だ)裕(ゆう)也(や)さん託(たく)した最(さい)後(ご)の女(じょ)性(せい)”, in 女(じょ)性(せい)自(じ)身(しん) [Josei Jishin]:",
          "roman": "Kiki Kirin-san (kyōnen nanajūgo) ga nemuru Tōkyō-to Minato-ku Kōrin-ji no bozen ni wa, azayaka na pinku iro no chūrippu ga sonaerarete ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "樹",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "木",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "希",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "林",
              "りん"
            ],
            [
              "享",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "75",
              "ななじゅうご"
            ],
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "京",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "都",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "港",
              "みなと"
            ],
            [
              "区・光",
              "く・こう"
            ],
            [
              "林",
              "りん"
            ],
            [
              "寺",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "墓",
              "ぼ"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "鮮",
              "あざ"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "いろ"
            ],
            [
              "供",
              "そな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "樹木希林さん(享年 75)が眠る東京都港区・光林寺の墓前には、鮮やかなピンク色のチューリップが供えられていた。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die; to be buried"
      ],
      "id": "en-眠る-ja-verb-mrAnd2jU",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "buried",
          "buried"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to die; to be buried"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "shinu",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "死ぬ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "hōmurareru",
          "sense": "to die",
          "word": "葬られる"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ねむる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞mɯ̟ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "眠る"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Sleep"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねぶる",
        "2": "",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ねぶる",
      "name": "ja-l/helper"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねぶる",
        "tr": "neburu"
      },
      "expansion": "ねぶる",
      "name": "ja-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ojp",
        "2": "寝",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese 寝 (nu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*naynpuru",
        "sort": "ねむる"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *naynpuru",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xug",
        "2": "眠ん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninbin",
        "ts": "níɴbîɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ryn",
        "2": "眠るり",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nïbururi"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ryu",
        "2": "眠じゅん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninjun",
        "ts": "níɴdʑùɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okn",
        "2": "眠ゆん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nibuyun",
        "ts": "nìbújúɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ams",
        "2": "眠っゆむっ",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nïpyum",
        "ts": "nɨ́pjùm̩"
      },
      "expansion": "Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tkn",
        "2": "眠びゅい",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninbyui",
        "ts": "nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́"
      },
      "expansion": "Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yox",
        "2": "眠ゆん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nibuyun",
        "ts": "nìbùjùɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mvi",
        "2": "眠ゔっ",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "niv"
      },
      "expansion": "Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rys",
        "2": "眠ん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "ninbun",
        "ts": "níbùɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yoi",
        "2": "眠どぅん",
        "sort": "ねむる",
        "tr": "nindun",
        "ts": "níɴdúɴ"
      },
      "expansion": "Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Older form is ねぶる, from the same root with Old Japanese 寝 (nu) (whence 寝る (neru, “to sleep; to lie down”)), in turn from Proto-Japonic *naynpuru. Cognate with Kunigami 眠ん (ninbin /⁠níɴbîɴ⁠/), Northern Amami Ōshima 眠るり (nïbururi), Okinawan 眠じゅん (ninjun /⁠níɴdʑùɴ⁠/), Okinoerabu 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbújúɴ⁠/), Southern Amami Ōshima 眠っゆむっ (nïpyum /⁠nɨ́pjùm̩⁠/), 眠りゅむっ (nïpryum /⁠nɨ́pɾʲùm̩⁠/), Tokunoshima 眠びゅい (ninbyui /⁠nɪ́ɴbʲúɪ́⁠/), Yoron 眠ゆん (nibuyun /⁠nìbùjùɴ⁠/), Miyako 眠ゔっ (niv), Yaeyama 眠ん (ninbun /⁠níbùɴ⁠/), and Yonaguni 眠どぅん (nindun /⁠níɴdúɴ⁠/).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "眠る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠り",
      "roman": "nemuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠った",
      "roman": "nemutta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemura",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemuranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemurimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemutta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemutte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "眠れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ねむれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ねむる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "眠(ねむ)る • (nemuru) intransitive godan (stem 眠(ねむ)り (nemuri), past 眠(ねむ)った (nemutta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "sleepy",
      "roman": "nemui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠い"
    },
    {
      "english": "sleepy",
      "roman": "nemutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠たい"
    },
    {
      "english": "sleepiness",
      "roman": "nemuke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ],
        [
          "気",
          "け"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "眠気"
    },
    {
      "english": "doze, nap",
      "roman": "inemuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "居",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "眠",
          "ねむ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "居眠り"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sleep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Vivid pink tulips were offered in front of the tomb on Kōrin-ji Temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where Mrs. Kirin Kiki (died age 75) is buried.",
          "ref": "2019 March 26, “樹(き)木(き)希(き)林(りん)さん「夫(おっと)をよろしく」内(うち)田(だ)裕(ゆう)也(や)さん託(たく)した最(さい)後(ご)の女(じょ)性(せい)”, in 女(じょ)性(せい)自(じ)身(しん) [Josei Jishin]:",
          "roman": "Kiki Kirin-san (kyōnen nanajūgo) ga nemuru Tōkyō-to Minato-ku Kōrin-ji no bozen ni wa, azayaka na pinku iro no chūrippu ga sonaerarete ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "樹",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "木",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "希",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "林",
              "りん"
            ],
            [
              "享",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "75",
              "ななじゅうご"
            ],
            [
              "眠",
              "ねむ"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "京",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "都",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "港",
              "みなと"
            ],
            [
              "区・光",
              "く・こう"
            ],
            [
              "林",
              "りん"
            ],
            [
              "寺",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "墓",
              "ぼ"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "鮮",
              "あざ"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "いろ"
            ],
            [
              "供",
              "そな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "樹木希林さん(享年 75)が眠る東京都港区・光林寺の墓前には、鮮やかなピンク色のチューリップが供えられていた。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die; to be buried"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "buried",
          "buried"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to die; to be buried"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ねむる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞mɯ̟ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "neru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "寝",
          "ね"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to sleep",
      "word": "寝る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shinu",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "死ぬ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōmurareru",
      "sense": "to die",
      "word": "葬られる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "眠る"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 眠る meaning in Japanese (9.9kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "眠る"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "眠る",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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