寝込む

ねこむ

Also written 寝こむ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to fall fast asleep
2. to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

Kanji

• 寝 sleep. Read as ねる.
• 込 into. Read as こむ.

Example sentences

• ひどい風邪を引いて、1週間寝込んでいた。
  I was flat on my back for a week with a terrible cold.
• 私が寝込んでいたとき、料理を作ってくれてありがとう。
  It was very kind of you to make dishes while I was down.
• 私は腰をおろすとすぐ寝込んだ。
  As soon as I sat down, I fell asleep.
• 彼が５週間病気で寝込んでいると、彼の母親は言った。
  His mother said that he had been ill in bed for five weeks.
• 彼は寝込んでいる。
  He is confined to bed now.

Common phrases

• 病気で寝込む

Words containing 寝込む

• 寝込みを襲う (ねこみをおそう) to attack while someone is asleep

Word lists

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