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眠い (ねむい): Sleepy — Japanese vocabulary

眠い is read ねむい and means "Sleepy". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

眠い

Reading
ねむい · nemui
Translation
Sleepy
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
ねむいがねむいが

Example

昨日遅く寝たので、眠いです。

きのうおそくねたので、ねむいです。

I went to bed late yesterday, so I'm sleepy.

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