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Japanese symbol for “resting”

Romaji: nemureru
sleeping; asleep; resting; slumbering

In Japanese, resting is , read (nemureru).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adj-pn sleeping; asleep; resting; slumbering
  2. v1, vi to be able to sleep

Kanji and stroke order

sleep, die, sleepy
on: ミン
kun: ねむ.る、ねむ.い
10 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “resting”

WordReadingMeaning
あんせいじ anseijiresting; at rest; during rest
やすらい yasurairesting; relaxing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
すいみん suiminsleep
ねむり nemurisleep; sleeping
ねむい nemuisleepy; drowsy; somnolent
いねむり inemurinodding off (while sitting); dozing
ねむる nemuruto sleep
ねむけ nemukesleepiness; drowsiness

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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