寝る – 11 Japanese Verbs for Sleep
The word for sleep in Japanese is 寝る(ねる、) . You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas related to sleeping.
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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.
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Word List for 寝る
| 寝返る | ねがえる | turn sides while sleeping |
| 寝転ぶ | ねころぶ | lie down |
| 寝そべる | ねそべる | Lie sprawled |
| 寝転がる | ねころがる | lie down |
| 寝ぼける | ねぼける | Be half asleep |
| 寝静まる | ねしずまる | the city going quiet at night when everyone is asleep |
| 寝入る | ねいる | fall asleep |
| 寝過ごす | ねすごす | oversleep |
| 寝違える | ねちがえる | to get aches from sleeping in the wrong position |
| 寝つく | ねつく | go to sleep |
| 寝腐る | ねくさる | sleep excessively |
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