JLPT N4 · い-adjective

眠い (nemui)

眠い (ねむい, nemui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sleepy; drowsy”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ねむい
Romaji: nemui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼は眠くて瞼が重かった。

His eyes were heavy with sleep.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 眠い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	眠い	ねむい nemui
Negative	眠くない	ねむくない nemukunai
Past	眠かった	ねむかった nemukatta
Negative past	眠くなかった	ねむくなかった nemukunakatta
Te-form	眠くて	ねむくて nemukute
Adverb (~ku)	眠く	ねむく nemuku
Conditional (~ba)	眠ければ	ねむければ nemukereba

Kanji in 眠い

眠

sleep, die, sleepyミン・ねむ.る・ねむ.い · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 眠い.

眠るねむるto sleep睡眠すいみんsleep居眠りいねむりnodding off (while sitting)冬眠とうみんhibernation眠たいねむたいsleepy

Source: JMdict entry 1529330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.