眠い
N4ねむい nemui
- sleepy
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
困倦的
Examples
- テレビを見ているとすぐ眠くなる。I fall asleep easily while watching television.一看电视马上就困。
- コーヒーを飲むと眠くならない。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"
}
}