空そら寝ね

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

feigned sleep; playing possum

Pretending to be asleep, often to avoid something or deceive someone. Used as a noun or with する.

• 弟おとうとは宿しゅく題だいをやりたくなくて空そら寝ねをした。

  My younger brother pretended to be asleep because he didn't want to do his homework.

• 空そら寝ねを決きめ込こんで、話はなしかけられないようにした。

  I feigned sleep to avoid being spoken to.