眠り薬

ねむりぐすり

sleeping pill

What does 眠り薬 mean?

眠り薬 is a Japanese noun meaning sleeping pill in English. It is written as 眠り薬 in kanji, ねむりぐすり in hiragana, and nemurigusuri in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

熊が来た時、その老人はぐっすり眠っていた。

The old man was fast asleep when the bear came.