眠たい
ねむたい · nemutai · JLPT N1 · i-adj
sleepy
🛏️ Sounds like nemu (sleep) + tai (want to): you want to sleep
眠 means sleep, as in 睡眠 (sleep). The ending たい means want to, so the word reads as want to sleep, which is how sleepy feels.
ねむたい · nemutai · JLPT N1 · i-adj
sleepy
🛏️ Sounds like nemu (sleep) + tai (want to): you want to sleep
眠 means sleep, as in 睡眠 (sleep). The ending たい means want to, so the word reads as want to sleep, which is how sleepy feels.