眠たい · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 眠たい | 眠たくない |
| Polite | 眠たいです | 眠たくないですalso 眠たくありません |
| Past polite | 眠たかったです | 眠たくなかったですalso 眠たくありませんでした |
| Past | 眠たかった | 眠たくなかった |
| Te-form | 眠たくて | 眠たくなくて |
| Adverbial | 眠たく | |
| Conditional | 眠たければ | 眠たくなければ |
| Tara conditional | 眠たかったら | 眠たくなかったら |
sleepy; drowsy
Describes the feeling of wanting to sleep; used in everyday conversation. The reading ねぶたい is a rare dialectal or old-fashioned variant.
I couldn't sleep much last night, so I'm very sleepy today.
Reading a book in a warm room made me feel drowsy.
The boring class made me sleepy.
I got up rubbing my sleepy eyes.
He got on the train looking sleepy.
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.
Rarely used kanji form; 眠たい is overwhelmingly preferred.