Word Meaning 居眠り運転

いねむりうんてん inemuriunten

居眠り運転 is read as いねむりうんてん (inemuriunten) and means falling asleep at the wheel.

Meaning

English

falling asleep at the wheel

Reading

Kana

いねむりうんてん

Romaji

inemuriunten

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Related Words 眠気が差す,眠気を催す,眠たくなる,眠くなる,運転,運転中 Rank 135729 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

居眠り

いねむり

nodding off (while sitting)

居眠る

いねむる

to doze off

折り返し運転

おりかえしうんてん

shuttling back and forth

飲酒運転

いんしゅうんてん

drunk driving

安全運転

あんぜんうんてん

safe driving

十分置きに運転

じゅっぷんおきにうんてん

operating on a ten-minute schedule

連続運転

れんぞくうんてん

continuous operation (of a machine, etc.)

間引き運転

まびきうんてん

curtailed transit schedule

直通運転

ちょくつううんてん

through train

運転

うんてん

driving (a vehicle)

試運転

しうんてん

trial run

防衛運転

ぼうえいうんてん

defensive driving