寝付く|ねつくnetsuku[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep
    私は10時じごろ寝ねついた。↗
    I went to sleep about 10 o'clock.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
    父ちちはまだ病気びょうきで寝ねついている。↗
    My father is still ill in bed.
Conjugation
Dictionary form寝付く(ねつく)
Polite (masu)寝付きます(ねつきます)
Negative (nai)寝付かない(ねつかない)
polite (masen)寝付きません(ねつきません)
classical zu / nu寝付かず・寝付かぬ(ねつかず・ねつかぬ)
Past (ta)寝付いた(ねついた)
polite (mashita)寝付きました(ねつきました)
Past negative (nakatta)寝付かなかった(ねつかなかった)
polite (masen deshita)寝付きませんでした(ねつきませんでした)
Te form寝付いて(ねついて)
Potential寝付ける(ねつける)
Passive寝付かれる(ねつかれる)
Causative寝付かせる(ねつかせる)
Causative passive寝付かせられる・寝付かされる(ねつかせられる・ねつかされる)
Conditional (ba)寝付けば(ねつけば)
tara寝付いたら(ねついたら)
Volitional寝付こう(ねつこう)
polite (mashou)寝付きましょう(ねつきましょう)
Imperative寝付け(ねつけ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym寝入るねいるNeutralFalling asleep or sleeping soundly; stresses drifting into sound sleep, while 「寝付く」 stresses falling asleep smoothly after lying down.
  • Related眠り込むねむりこむNeutralDrifting off into a deep sleep without noticing; stresses how deep the sleep is.
  • Antonym起きるおきるNeutralAntonym: to get up or wake up; the opposite of 「寝付く」, which is about falling asleep.
  • Antonym目覚めるめざめるNeutralAntonym: to wake up, and by extension to awaken to or become aware of something; the opposite of 「寝付く」.

Use 「寝付く」 for falling asleep after lying down or being bedridden with illness, as in 「なかなか寝付けない」「ようやく寝付いた」. For sound sleep say 「寝入る」, for deep sleep 「眠り込む」; the antonyms are 「目覚める」 and 「起きる」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 眠ねむりにつく。
  2. 病気びょうきで床ゆかに伏ふす。
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