JLPT N1 · い-adjective

眠たい (nemutai)

眠たい (ねむたい, nemutai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sleepy; drowsy”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ねむたい
Romaji: nemutai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

sleepy; drowsy · い-adjective

Example sentences

その薬を飲むと私はとても眠たくなりました。

The medicine made me very sleepy.

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

Conjugation of 眠たい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	眠たい	ねむたい nemutai
Negative	眠たくない	ねむたくない nemutakunai
Past	眠たかった	ねむたかった nemutakatta
Negative past	眠たくなかった	ねむたくなかった nemutakunakatta
Te-form	眠たくて	ねむたくて nemutakute
Adverb (~ku)	眠たく	ねむたく nemutaku
Conditional (~ba)	眠たければ	ねむたければ nemutakereba

Kanji in 眠たい

眠

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 眠たい.

眠いねむいsleepy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

Source: JMdict entry 1529360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.