Hanamaruhanamaru
App

ねる

寝る

sleep

neru

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#3,818

Meanings

  1. 1
    to sleep (lying down)v1vi
  2. 2
    to go to bed; to lie in bedv1vi
  3. 3
    to lie downv1vi

JMdict 1360010

In a sentence

もうalreadyねる寝るsleepよ、おやすみgood night

I'm going to sleep, good night

How it works

もう (already) signals a shift — "it's time now". The verb 寝るねる (sleep) stays in plain dictionary form, so this is casual. The final よ (emphasis) tells the listener something they may not have realized — "I'm off to bed, just so you know". Then おやすみ (good night) closes it off as a set parting phrase.

Written with

寝lie down13 strokes