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眠る
睡る
Readings
ねむる nemuru
ねぶる neburu Out-dated or obsolete kana usage
English
Godan verb with 'ru' ending Intransitive verb See also: 寝る・3 to sleep Godan verb with 'ru' ending Intransitive verb to die, to rest (in peace), to lie (buried), to sleep (in the grave) Meaning restricted to ねむる Godan verb with 'ru' ending Intransitive verb to lie idle (e.g. of resources), to lie unused, to lie untapped, to lie untouched Godan verb with 'ru' ending Intransitive verb Archaism to close one's eyes
Present, Future 眠る, 眠ります [does], will [do] 眠らない, 眠りません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 眠った, 眠りました [did] 眠らなかった, 眠りませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 眠って, 眠りまして 眠らないで, 眠りませんで 眠らなくて Progressive 眠っている, 眠っています [doing], to be [doing] 眠っていない, 眠っていません not [doing] Volitional 眠ろう, 眠りましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 眠るまい, 眠りますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 眠れ, 眠りなさい [do] ! 眠るな, 眠りなさるな don't [do] ! Request 眠ってください please [do] 眠らないでください please don't [do] Provisional 眠れば if X [does], if X [is ~] 眠らなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 眠ったら, 眠りましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 眠らなかったら, 眠りませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 眠れる, 眠れます be able to [do], can [do] 眠れない, 眠れません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 眠られる, 眠られます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 眠られない, 眠られません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 眠らせる, 眠らせます makes/will make (someone) [do] 眠らせない, 眠らせません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 眠らせられる, 眠らせられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 眠らせられない, 眠らせられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 眠りたい want to [do] 眠りたくない don't want to [do]