寝ね際ぎわ

noun

on the verge of sleep; just after falling asleep

Refers to the moment right before or right after falling asleep. Often used in phrases like 寝際に (at the moment of falling asleep) or 寝際の (just as one is falling asleep).

• 寝ね際ぎわに電でん話わがかかってきた。

  I got a phone call just as I was falling asleep.

• 寝ね際ぎわの記き憶おくはあいまいだ。

  Memories from the verge of sleep are vague.