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眠ねむい

N4
ねむい nemui
  1. sleepy
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

困倦的

Examples

  • テレビを見みているとすぐ眠ねむくなる。
    I fall asleep easily while watching television.
    一看电视马上就困。
  • コーヒーを飲のむと眠ねむくならない。
    Coffee keeps me awake.
    喝咖啡就不会困。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ac5fa7fe3b'); // 眠い
{
  "id": "ac5fa7fe3b",
  "word": "眠い",
  "reading": "ねむい",
  "romaji": "nemui",
  "meanings": [
    "sleepy"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1529330,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "テレビを見ているとすぐ眠くなる。",
      "furigana": "テレビを{見|み}ているとすぐ{眠|ねむ}くなる。",
      "en": "I fall asleep easily while watching television.",
      "tatoeba_id": 201962
    },
    {
      "ja": "コーヒーを飲むと眠くならない。",
      "furigana": "コーヒーを{飲|の}むと{眠|ねむ}くならない。",
      "en": "Coffee keeps me awake.",
      "tatoeba_id": 224860
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "9c25eee48a2b7d188473e43d7a88ed68955af7455251c7c9631728ac11112a9d",
    "meanings": [
      "困倦的"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "テレビを見ているとすぐ眠くなる。",
        "zh": "一看电视马上就困。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "コーヒーを飲むと眠くならない。",
        "zh": "喝咖啡就不会困。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/ac5fa7fe3b",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "f20ae2d2135fe2136b2fb71a161ea344352af94e685e788e7bf638365422b528"
  }
}