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寝る
寝る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 寝 |
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ね Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
寝る (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ねる, romaji neru)
- to sleep
- to go to sleep, to fall asleep
- (~と-) to sleep with, to have sexual intercourse with a person
Conjugation
Conjugation of "寝る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 寝 | ね | ne | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 寝 | ね | ne | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 寝る | ねる | neru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 寝る | ねる | neru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 寝れ | ねれ | nere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 寝よ¹ 寝ろ² |
ねよ¹ ねろ² |
neyo¹ nero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 寝られる | ねられる | nerareru | |
| Causative | 寝させる 寝さす |
ねさせる ねさす |
nesaseru nesasu |
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| Potential | 寝られる 寝れる³ |
ねられる ねれる³ |
nerareru nereru³ |
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| Volitional | 寝よう | ねよう | neyō | |
| Negative | 寝ない 寝ぬ 寝ん |
ねない ねぬ ねん |
nenai nenu nen |
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| Negative continuative | 寝ず | ねず | nezu | |
| Formal | 寝ます | ねます | nemasu | |
| Perfective | 寝た | ねた | neta | |
| Conjunctive | 寝て | ねて | nete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 寝れば | ねれば | nereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||