Sleepy in Japanese 🇯🇵

ねむい info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Associate "ねむい" (nemui) with the English word "numb." When you’re sleepy, your body can feel almost numb with tiredness.
– You can also think of “nemui” as having an "n" for "night," the time when we usually feel sleepy.

Explanations:
– "ねむい" (nemui) is an adjective meaning "sleepy" or "drowsy."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– "眠たい" (ねむたい, nemutai) – Another adjective that also means sleepy, though it is less commonly used in modern Japanese.

Alternate meanings like slang:
– While "ねむい" (nemui) itself doesn't have established slang meanings, casual or youthful expressions sometimes playfully elongate it, like "ねむーい" (nemūi).

Examples of sentences that use it:
– 昨夜よく眠れなかったので、とてもねむいです。
(さくや よく ねむれなかったので、とても ねむいです。)
Sakuyuyoku nemurenakatta node, totemo nemui desu.
"I couldn't sleep well last night, so I'm very sleepy."

– この授業は退屈で、ねむくなります。
(この じゅぎょうは たいくつで、ねむく なります。)
Kono jugyō wa taikutsu de, nemuku narimasu.
"This class is boring, so it makes me sleepy."

– 昼食を食べた後、急にねむくなりました。
(ちゅうしょくを たべた あと、きゅうに ねむく なりました。)
Chūshoku o tabeta ato, kyū ni nemuku narimaa.
"After eating lunch, I suddenly became sleepy."

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