ねむたい
ねむたい
adjective (i)
sleepy
1.
sleepy, drowsy
Feeling drowsy and wanting to sleep. A variant of 眠い with the same meaning.
ねむたい目をこする。
Rub one's sleepy eyes.
昨日あまり寝なかったから、すごくねむたい。
I didn't sleep much yesterday, so I'm really sleepy.
午後の授業はいつもねむたくなる。
I always get sleepy during afternoon classes.
FORMS:
- Adverbial: ねむたく
- Negative: ねむたくない
- Past: ねむたかった
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 眠い: sleepy (standard form)
- ねむたい: sleepy (variant, slightly more colloquial)
Both have the same meaning. 眠い is the standard dictionary form and more widely used. ねむたい is heard more in casual speech and in certain regional dialects (especially Kansai).
KANJI:
Can be written as 眠たい. The kanji form 眠 is the same as in 眠い.