(ねつ)

ねつく
verb (godan)
to fall asleep, to go to sleep
自動詞 intransitiveaction
See also: ()つき (noun form)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present寝付(ねつ)寝付(ねつ)かない
Present polite寝付(ねつ)きます寝付(ねつ)きません
Past寝付(ねつ)いた寝付(ねつ)かなかった
Past polite寝付(ねつ)きました寝付(ねつ)きませんでした
て form寝付(ねつ)いて寝付(ねつ)かなくて
ている present寝付(ねつ)いている寝付(ねつ)いていない
ている polite寝付(ねつ)いています寝付(ねつ)いていません
ている past寝付(ねつ)いていた寝付(ねつ)いていなかった
ている past polite寝付(ねつ)いていました寝付(ねつ)いていませんでした
Conditional ば寝付(ねつ)けば寝付(ねつ)かなければ
Conditional たら寝付(ねつ)いたら寝付(ねつ)かなかったら
Volitional寝付(ねつ)こう
Volitional polite寝付(ねつ)きましょう
Potential寝付(ねつ)ける寝付(ねつ)けない
Passive寝付(ねつ)かれる寝付(ねつ)かれない
Causative寝付(ねつ)かせる寝付(ねつ)かせない
Imperative寝付(ねつ)寝付(ねつ)くな
1. to fall asleep, to go to sleep
To transition from being awake to being asleep.
すぐに寝付(ねつ)いた。
I fell asleep right away.
子供(こども)やっと寝付(ねつ)いた。
The child finally fell asleep.
なかなか寝付(ねつ)けなくて(こま)った
I had trouble falling asleep and it was a problem.
The hot weather has made it hard to fall asleep for days.
I was worried about tomorrow's exam and couldn't fall asleep at night.
2. to take root, to become established
Used figuratively to describe a habit, custom, or idea becoming firmly established.
この習慣(しゅうかん)寝付(ねつ)いた。
This habit became established.
That way of thinking has taken root in society.
The new system isn't becoming established easily.
Thanks to years of effort, recycling awareness has taken root in the community.
In this region, the tradition of the old festival is firmly established, and many people participate every year.

寝付(ねつ)く is an intransitive verb (自動詞(じどうし)) meaning to fall asleep.

Etymology

ASPECT (ている):
寝付(ねつ)いている indicates a state of being asleep (having fallen asleep).

Common patterns

Related noun

  • 寝付(ねつ)き: the ability to fall asleep; 寝付(ねつ)いい = falls asleep easily

Similar words

  • (ねむ): to sleep (more general)
  • (): to go to bed, to sleep
  • 寝付(ねつ)く specifically refers to the act of falling asleep