► 名詞
眠り [ねむり] [liter] meaning: sleep rank: 2
☆ 彼女は眠りが浅い ⇨ Her sleep is shallow. She is a light sleeper
眠り [ねむり] [眠りに就く] [liter] meaning: sleep rank: 2
☆ 最近中々眠りにつけない ⇨ Lately I have trouble falling asleep
☆ 彼は永遠の眠りについた ⇨ He fell into an eternal sleep. He passed away
More examples:
- 事故の原因は居眠り運転だった ⇨ The cause of the accident was that the driver had fell asleep
- 昼間に一眠りした ⇨ I slept a little, took a quick nap, during the day
- 彼は会議中に居眠りしていた ⇨ He was dozing off during a meeting
- 居眠りして自分の駅を乗り越してしまった ⇨ I slept in the train and missed my station
- 彼は酔っ払って眠りこけていた ⇨ He got drunk and passed out
- 魔神が眠りから覚めた ⇨ The evil god work up from his sleep
- 彼は永遠の眠りに就いた ⇨ He settled into an eternal sleep