眠ねむり

noun

sleep; sleeping

The state of being asleep; the noun form of 眠る.

• 深ふかい眠ねむりについた。

  I fell into a deep sleep.

• 眠ねむりが浅あさくて、何なん度ども目めが覚さめた。

  My sleep was light and I woke up many times.

noun

inactivity; dormancy

Figurative use for something being inactive or dormant, like a machine or project.

• その計けい画かくは長ながい眠ねむりから覚さめた。

  The plan awoke from a long period of inactivity.

noun

death; eternal sleep

Euphemistic use for death, often in poetic or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは永えい遠えんの眠ねむりについた。

  He entered an eternal sleep.