寝る
ねる · neru
To sleep (lying down)
- to go to bed, to lie in bed
- to lie down
- to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse)
Other ways to say “to sleep” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
試験の前日も、普通に寝るのが一番だ。
しけんのぜんじつも、ふつうにねるのがいちばんだ。
Even on the day before the exam, sleeping normally is the best.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 寝ますねます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 寝ませんねません |
| Polite past (ました) | 寝ましたねました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 寝ませんでしたねませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 寝ましょうねましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 寝ね |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 寝たいねたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 寝ながらねながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 寝てねて |
| Plain past (た形) | 寝たねた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 寝たらねたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 寝ているねている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 寝ないねない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 寝なかったねなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 寝なくてねなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 寝られるねられる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 寝ればねれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 寝ろねろ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 寝ようねよう |
| Passive (受身形) | 寝られるねられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 寝させるねさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 寝させられるねさせられる |
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What does 寝る mean?
To sleep (lying down). It can also mean: to go to bed, to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse).
How do you pronounce 寝る?
ねる (neru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 寝る?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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