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居眠り (いねむり): dozing, nodding off — Japanese vocabulary

居眠り is read いねむり and means "dozing, nodding off". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

居眠り

Reading
いねむり · inemuri
Translation
dozing, nodding off
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
いねむりが

Example

数学の授業中に私は居眠りをした。

すうがくのじゅぎょうちゅうにわたしはいねむりをした。

I went to sleep during the math lesson.

Kanji in this word

  • 居 — Reside, To Be, Exist
  • 眠 — sleep

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