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寝坊する

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

寝坊する — “to oversleep”

寝坊する (read ねぼうする) means to oversleep. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

ねぼうする

Meaning

to oversleep

寝坊する in a sentence

今朝けさは寝坊ねぼうして遅刻ちこくしました。

This morning I overslept and was late.

The kanji in 寝坊する

寝to sleep

Words that share a kanji with 寝坊する

寝るねる— to sleep; to go to sleep; to go to bed
寝台しんだい— sleeping berth, sleeping car (train)
寝間着ねまき— nightclothes, sleepwear, nightgown
昼寝ひるね— afternoon nap, siesta
赤ん坊あかんぼう— baby, infant
坊さんぼうさん— Buddhist monk, priest
坊やぼうや— little boy, sonny (affectionate)
坊っちゃんぼっちゃん— (someone else's) son; pampered young man

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