眠ねむ気け

ね

む

け

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

sleepiness; drowsiness

The feeling of being sleepy or drowsy; a common everyday noun.

眠ねむ気けに襲おそわれるto be overcome by drowsiness
会かい議ぎ中ちゅうに強つよい眠ねむ気けに襲おそわれた。
I was overcome by a strong wave of drowsiness during the meeting.
眠ねむ気けを覚さますto shake off / wake oneself up from drowsiness
冷つめたい水みずで顔かおを洗あらって眠ねむ気けを覚さました。
I washed my face with cold water to shake off my drowsiness.
眠ねむ気けと闘たたかうto fight off drowsiness
夜や勤きん中ちゅうはずっと眠ねむ気けと闘たたかっていた。
During the night shift I was constantly fighting off drowsiness.
眠ねむ気けが取とれないcan't shake off one's sleepiness
コーヒーを飲のんでも眠ねむ気けが取とれない。
Even after drinking coffee, I can't shake off my sleepiness.

睡すい魔ま
眠気 is the plain, everyday word for feeling drowsy, while 睡魔 personifies sleepiness as an overpowering 'sleep demon' in more dramatic or literary contexts.

眠ねむいN5
眠気 is the noun for the state of sleepiness itself, while 眠い is the adjective meaning 'I am sleepy,' describing a person's condition.
眠ねむりN3
眠気 means drowsiness or the feeling of sleepiness, while 眠り refers to the actual state of being asleep.

眠ねむ気け覚ざまし
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for staying awake

眠ねむ気けUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
眠ねむけUsage4%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
睡ねむ気けUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Compound of 眠 (ねむ, 'sleep') + 気 (け, 'feeling, sensation'). The reading ねむけ is a standard rendaku form.