寝返り

ねがえり

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning See also: 寝返りを打つ (ねがえりをうつ).
2. betrayal; double-crossing

Kanji

• 寝 sleep. Read as ねる.
• 返 give back. Read as かえす.

Example sentences

• クッキーは寝返りを打った。
  Cookie turned over in his sleep.
• 彼は一晩中寝返りをうった。
  He tossed and turned all night.
• 彼女がベッドで寝返りばかりうっている。
  She is tossing and turning in bed.
• 彼は寝返りをうった。
  He rolled over in his sleep.
• 買ったばかりのベッドなのに、寝がえりをうつたびにギシギシいって寝心地が良くない。
  I just bought a bed, but every time I turned over it would squeak and it was uncomfortable to sleep in.

Common phrases

• 寝返りを打つ (ねがえりをうつ) to turn over (in one's sleep)

Words containing 寝返り

• 寝返りを打つ (ねがえりをうつ) to turn over (in one's sleep)

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