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Learn Hardcore Japanese: nebousuru - to oversleep

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 37
/nebousuru

nebousuru

Word

寝坊ねぼうするnebousuru

Meaning

to oversleep

Part of speech

group 3, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of nebousuru

寝坊ねぼうしたん　です。　それで、　待まち合あわせ　に　遅おくれそう　です。neboushitan desu. sorede, machiawase ni okuresou desu.

I overslept. So I might be late for our meeting.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

彼女かのじょ　は　寝坊ねぼうした　日ひ　は、　待まち合あわせ　の　時間じかん　を　変かえて　もらうこと　が　あります。kanojo wa neboushita hi wa, machiawase no jikan o kaete moraukoto ga arimasu.

On days when she oversleeps, she sometimes has the meeting time changed for her.

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