眠らせる | Japanese meaning

眠らせる【ねむらせる】

Frequency rank: 12,987. – 13,032.

Ichidan verb; transitive verb

to put to sleep
to killcolloquialism
to leave unused

Forms

眠らせる【ねむらせる】Frequency rank: 12,987. – 13,032.
睡らせる【ねむらせる】
ねむらせる

Generated definitions (experimental)

to put to sleep

This meaning refers to causing someone or something to fall asleep, often used in the context of calming someone down or making them feel relaxed enough to sleep peacefully.

。

I use a pacifier to put the baby to sleep.

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She gently petted the dog to put it to sleep.

to kill

This meaning indicates causing death or termination, often used in more severe or aggressive contexts, such as in discussions about animals or metaphorically in various situations.

。

The farmer used pesticides to kill the pests.

、。

In the story, the protagonist had to kill the enemy.

to leave unused

This meaning suggests neglect or abandonment, signifying something that is not being utilized or allowed to remain in a dormant state.

。

It's a waste to leave the old tools unused.

、。

He is leaving his hobby unused, so I want him to try something new.

Generated collocations (experimental)

the act of putting to sleepto put a baby to sleepto soothe someone to sleepmethod to induce sleepmusic that puts you to sleepto put an insect to sleepsleep-inducing medicinetime to go to sleepin order to put to sleepto unintentionally put someone to sleep

Example sentences

3 results

1. 。

Let a sleeping dog lie.

Tatoeba

2. 。

She hushed her baby to sleep.

Tatoeba

3. 。

The noise kept me awake all night.

Tatoeba

眠らせる【ねむらせる】

Frequency rank: 12,987. – 13,032.

Ichidan verb; transitive verb

to put to sleep
to killcolloquialism
to leave unused

Forms

眠らせる【ねむらせる】Frequency rank: 12,987. – 13,032.
睡らせる【ねむらせる】
ねむらせる

Generated definitions (experimental)

to put to sleep

This meaning refers to causing someone or something to fall asleep, often used in the context of calming someone down or making them feel relaxed enough to sleep peacefully.

。

I use a pacifier to put the baby to sleep.

。

She gently petted the dog to put it to sleep.

to kill

This meaning indicates causing death or termination, often used in more severe or aggressive contexts, such as in discussions about animals or metaphorically in various situations.

。

The farmer used pesticides to kill the pests.

、。

In the story, the protagonist had to kill the enemy.

to leave unused

This meaning suggests neglect or abandonment, signifying something that is not being utilized or allowed to remain in a dormant state.

。

It's a waste to leave the old tools unused.

、。

He is leaving his hobby unused, so I want him to try something new.

Generated collocations (experimental)

Example sentences

3 results

1. 。

Let a sleeping dog lie.

Tatoeba

2. 。

She hushed her baby to sleep.

Tatoeba

3. 。

The noise kept me awake all night.

Tatoeba

眠

N3常用

意sleep; die; sleepy

訓ねむ.る、ねむ.い

音ミン

名ね

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睡

N1常用

意drowsy; sleep; die

訓ねむ.る、ねむ.い

音スイ

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