居眠り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ねむ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

居眠り (hiragana いねむり, rōmaji inemuri)

  1. an accidental doze while seated

Verb

居眠りする (intransitive, hiragana いねむりする, rōmaji inemuri suru)

  1. involuntarily doze off while seated
     (でん) (しゃ)居眠 (いねむ)りするサラリーマン (たち)
    densha de inemuri suru sararīman-tachi
    a group of office workers dozing in the train

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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