寝(ね)る

ねる
verb (ichidan)
to sleep, to go to bed
自動詞 intransitiveaction
See also: 練(ね)る (knead, elaborate), 寝(ね)かせる (transitive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present寝(ね)る寝(ね)ない
Present polite寝(ね)ます寝(ね)ません
Past寝(ね)た寝(ね)なかった
Past polite寝(ね)ました寝(ね)ませんでした
て form寝(ね)て寝(ね)なくて
ている present寝(ね)ている寝(ね)ていない
ている polite寝(ね)ています寝(ね)ていません
ている past寝(ね)ていた寝(ね)ていなかった
ている past polite寝(ね)ていました寝(ね)ていませんでした
Conditional ば寝(ね)れば寝(ね)なければ
Conditional たら寝(ね)たら寝(ね)なかったら
Volitional寝(ね)よう—
Volitional polite寝(ね)ましょう—
Potential寝(ね)られる寝(ね)られない
Passive寝(ね)られる寝(ね)られない
Causative寝(ね)させる寝(ね)させない
Imperative寝(ね)ろ寝(ね)るな
1. to sleep
To be in a state of sleep. The basic verb for sleeping.
もう寝(ね)る。
I'm going to sleep now.
よく寝(ね)た。
I slept well.
The baby is already sleeping.
I slept for eight hours yesterday.
I was tired, so I fell asleep on the train. I missed my stop.
2. to go to bed, to lie down
To get into bed or to lie down, whether or not one actually sleeps.
Go to bed early.
昨日(きのう)は十一時(じゅういちじ)に寝(ね)た。
I went to bed at 11 o'clock yesterday.
I had a cold, so I was lying in bed.
I'm tired, so I want to lie down in bed.
I go to bed at 12 o'clock every day and wake up at 7. I'm a little sleepy in the morning.

寝(ね)る covers both the act of sleeping and the act of going to bed or lying down.

Transitivity

ASPECT (ている):
寝(ね)ている means "is sleeping" or "is asleep" — a state, not an ongoing action.

Common patterns

Compounds

Similar words

起(お)きる (to wake up / get up).