Keyword
be asleep
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1707
Readings
すい
(91%)
ねむ
(6%)
ねぶ
(1%)
Composed of
eye
droop
Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to doze (off)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
coma; dead sleep
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to get sleep; to sleep
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
nap; siesta
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
doze; nap; slumber
hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning
sleepiness; drowsiness
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
nap; siesta
half asleep
sleepy; drowsy
half awake and half asleep
half asleep and half awake
anaesthesia; anesthesia
sleeping sickness; sleeping disease
sleep debt; sleep deficit
having sex with a sleeping person
sleeping while snoring; snoring sleep
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
deep slumber (as if under a spell)
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
to put to sleep; to kill
sleeping; being sleepy
inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)
to put to sleep; to kill; to leave unused
short sleeper; person who doesn't need much sleep
whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark)
Examples (51 in total)
I have to get more sleep.
Good food and enough sleep are absolutely necessary to good health.
Children need a lot of sleep.