Vocabulary

眠い

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

i-adjective
N4 freq #30

Example sentences

He seems to be very sleepy.

I had been studying mathematics about an hour, when I felt sleepy.

I got very sleepy.

I'm too sleepy to do my homework.

Lately it seems that no matter how much I sleep, I stay tired. I wonder if I've come down with something strange.

I'm very sleepy today, too.

I'm very sleepy now.

It is because you work too much that you are sleepy all the time.