ねぼける
Nebokeru
Other forms: 寝惚ける、寝とぼける
Also read: ねとぼける
寝ぼける (Nebokeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to be still half asleep, to be half awake, to be not yet quite awake”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
Examples
よく寝ぼけます。
I'm often half-asleep.
彼はそのとき寝ぼけていたらしい。
It seems that he was half asleep then.
うちの弟は、よく寝ぼけて変なことを言い出す。
My little brother gets delirious when he's sleepy. He says the weirdest things.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).