寝る (ねる) — to sleep (lying down)

寝る is read ねる and listed as a verb. Meaning: to sleep (lying down).

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 寝る.

  • 寝顔 ねがお sleeping face
  • 昼寝 ひるね (afternoon) nap
  • 寝息 ねいき breathing of a sleeping person
  • 就寝 しゅうしん going to bed
  • 寝具 しんぐ bedding
  • 寝言 ねごと talking in one's sleep
  • 寝室 しんしつ bedroom
  • 寝床 ねどこ bed
  • 寝坊 ねぼう sleeping in late
  • 朝寝坊 あさねぼう sleeping late in the morning