Compound verbs#8,381 most used

寝ぼける

ねぼける3

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to be half awake

ITS KANJI

うちの弟おとうとは、よく寝ねぼけて変へんなことを言いい出だす。

My little brother gets delirious when he's sleepy. He says the weirdest things.

from Tatoeba · mookeee

まだ寝ねぼけてるの？

Are you still half asleep?

from Tatoeba · small_snow

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

ichidan verb · intransitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 寝ぼける this one meaning.

Kind複合動詞, compound verbs

Frequency#8,381 most used

Written寝ぼける、寝惚ける

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium