眠る

Meanings

1. to sleep
2. to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)
3. to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched
4. to close one's eyes

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive

Kanji

• 眠

  Meanings

  sleep, die, sleepy

  On reading

  ミン

  Kun reading

  ねむ.る、ねむ.い

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。

  In case you sleep, set the alarm.

  Tatoeba #237325 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は今地下に眠っている。

  He is dead and buried now.

  Tatoeba #107121 · CC BY 2.0 FR