寝る

• 読み: ねる
• ローマ字: neru
• 漢字の分解: 寝 (shin/ne) — to sleep, to lie down
• 発音: /ne.ɾɯ/

意味

To sleep; to go to bed; to lie down. The primary verb for sleeping in Japanese.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. Covers both the act of going to sleep and the state of lying down. Often used with time expressions to indicate bedtime. The related word 眠る (nemuru) emphasises the state of being asleep, while 寝る focuses more on the act of going to bed.

例文

1. 昨日は十一時に寝ました。
2. 赤ちゃんがもう寝ている。
3. 疲れたから早く寝たい。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, bedtime, health

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 寝 combines 宀 (roof/house) and 侵 (to lie down), depicting someone lying down under a roof to rest.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal