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Learn Hardcore Japanese: hirunesuru - to take a nap

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 55
/hirunesuru

hirunesuru

Word

昼寝ひるねするhirunesuru

Meaning

to take a nap

Part of speech

group 3, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of hirunesuru

母はは　は　いつも　より　早はやく　私わたし　を　起おこした　が、　私わたし　は　また　少すこし　昼寝ひるねして　しまった。haha wa itsumo yori hayaku watashi o okoshita ga, watashi wa mata sukoshi hiruneshite shimatta.

My mother woke me up earlier than usual, but I ended up taking a little nap again.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

眠ねむい　ので、　昼休ひるやすみ　に　少すこし　昼寝ひるねしますnemui node, hiruyasumi ni sukoshi hiruneshimasu

Because I am sleepy, I take a short nap during the lunch break.

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