JLPT N5 · Verb

寝る (neru)

寝る (ねる, neru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sleep (lying down)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ねる
Romaji: neru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to sleep (lying down) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to go to bed; to lie in bed · ichidan verb, intransitive
to lie down · ichidan verb, intransitive
to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to lie flat (e.g. of hair) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

赤ん坊は１日中寝ていた。

The baby was sleeping all day long.

Tatoeba #142199

寝る前に歯を磨きなさい。

Brush your teeth before going to bed.

Tatoeba #145651

少年は春の日差しを浴びて仰向けに寝ていた。

The boy lay on his back, basking in the spring sunshine.

Tatoeba #146544

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

Conjugation of 寝る

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	寝る	ねる neru
Polite (~masu)	寝ます	ねます nemasu
Negative	寝ない	ねない nenai
Polite negative	寝ません	ねません nemasen
Past	寝た	ねた neta
Polite past	寝ました	ねました nemashita
Negative past	寝なかった	ねなかった nenakatta
Te-form	寝て	ねて nete
Potential	寝られる	ねられる nerareru
Passive	寝られる	ねられる nerareru
Causative	寝させる	ねさせる nesaseru
Volitional	寝よう	ねよう neyou
Imperative	寝ろ	ねろ nero
Conditional (~ba)	寝れば	ねれば nereba

Kanji in 寝る

寝

lie down, sleep, restシン・ね.る・ね.かす · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 寝る.

寝坊ねぼうsleeping in late寝台しんだいbed寝巻ねまきnightclothes昼寝ひるね(afternoon) nap朝寝坊あさねぼうsleeping late in the morning寝間着ねまきnightclothes寝かせるねかせるto put to bedうたた寝うたたねdoze

Source: JMdict entry 1360010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.