Vocabulary

What does 居眠り (いねむり, inemuri) mean?

居眠り (いねむり, inemuri) means dozing off.

Quick facts
Reading	いねむり
Romaji	inemuri
Part of speech	noun, suru verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N3

居眠りいねむり

N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommoninemuri

dozing off

1noun · suru verb · intransitive nodding off (while sitting); dozing

Example sentences

授業中(じゅぎょうちゅう)に居眠(いねむ)りをしてしまった。
I accidentally dozed off during class.
電車(でんしゃ)で居眠(いねむ)りをして駅(えき)を過(す)ぎた。
I dozed off on the train and missed my stop.

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