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眠る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
眠る
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Readings : ねむる    ねぶる   
眠る can be read in 2 ways: ねむる (90%), ねぶる (10%).
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
3. to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to be dormant; to be unused  (this meaning is restricted to reading ねむる)
4. to close one's eyes  (archaic)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 133,257 which gives a rank of 1,810
眠る is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 29,000 (about 20,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 969 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6252
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 39 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ねむ
っている
いぬ
そのまましておけ
Let sleeping dogs lie.
かれ
こん
ちか
地下
ねむ
っている

He is dead and buried now.
かれ
きのう
昨日
よく
ねむ
った

He slept well last night.
ねむる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 137,000 (about 690,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 39 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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睡る
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Readings : ねむる    ねぶる   
睡る can be read in 2 ways: ねむる (almost always used), ねぶる (rare).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 165,000 (about 468,000 results)
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ミン   ねむ to sleep   ねむ sleepy   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ミン   たみ people   
スイ    drowsy   
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スイ   hang down; hanging   たらす to hang down, to suspend   たれる to be dangling, to drip   
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