眠い

Kana: ねむい

sleepy

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 ✨ Describing Words

Example sentence

今日はとても眠いです。

きょうはとてもねむいです。

I'm very sleepy today.

What 眠い means

眠い (ねむい) is a Japanese word meaning “sleepy”. It appears in the Level 2 collection, under Describing Words.

More Describing Words words

Level 2
嬉しい うれしい happy; glad すぎる すぎる too; excessively 正しい ただしい correct; right 間違い まちがい wrong; mistake 背が低い せがひくい short (in height) お腹いっぱい おなかいっぱい full (from eating) お腹がすく おなかがすく hungry 合う あう suitable; to fit 壊れる こわれる to break; broken 急ぐ いそぐ to hurry; urgent 簡単 かんたん simple 足りない たりない lacking; not enough
Previous word 肌 — skin

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