JLPT N4 · Verb

眠る (nemuru)

眠る (ねむる, nemuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sleep”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ねむる
Romaji: nemuru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to sleep · godan verb, intransitive
to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave) · godan verb, intransitive
to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched · godan verb, intransitive
to close one's eyes · godan verb, intransitive · archaic

Example sentences

もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。

In case you sleep, set the alarm.

Tatoeba #237325

彼は今地下に眠っている。

He is dead and buried now.

Tatoeba #107121

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

Conjugation of 眠る

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	眠る	ねむる nemuru
Polite (~masu)	眠ります	ねむります nemurimasu
Negative	眠らない	ねむらない nemuranai
Polite negative	眠りません	ねむりません nemurimasen
Past	眠った	ねむった nemutta
Polite past	眠りました	ねむりました nemurimashita
Negative past	眠らなかった	ねむらなかった nemuranakatta
Te-form	眠って	ねむって nemutte
Potential	眠れる	ねむれる nemureru
Passive	眠られる	ねむられる nemurareru
Causative	眠らせる	ねむらせる nemuraseru
Volitional	眠ろう	ねむろう nemurou
Imperative	眠れ	ねむれ nemure
Conditional (~ba)	眠れば	ねむれば nemureba

Kanji in 眠る

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 眠る.

眠いねむいsleepy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 1529390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.