Bed and waking
Collocations, Stage 2chunk 20 of 24Home & daily routine
Bedtime to morning: dreaming, waking, getting under the covers and setting the alarm, plus the kotatsu people crawl under on winter evenings.
- yume o miruhave a dream (while asleep)
- me ga sameruwake up (from sleep); feel wide awake (me ga sameta)
- futon ni hairuget into bed, get under the covers
- mezamashi o kakeruset an alarm
- kotatsu ni hairuget under the kotatsu
Mix-ups okiru from the versatility list gets mixed up with me ga sameru: okiru can mean getting out of bed, but me ga sameru never does. Getting into bed is going in, futon ni hairu, the same ni hairu as kotatsu ni hairu and ofuro ni hairu.
yume o miru
polite yume o mimasuhave a dream (while asleep)
夢を見る ゆめをみる 夢を見ます
verbmiru 見るsee, watch, look attypical 36% of yume
trap Not yume o motsu or yume ga aru, which mean having an ambition: dreams in your sleep are 'seen', yume o miru.
Used for dreams in your sleep, usually in the past: hen na yume mita (I had a weird dream). A life ambition is yume ga aru instead.
kinou hen na yume mita.
I had a weird dream last night.
昨日変な夢見た。
kinou hen na yume o mimashita.
I had a strange dream last night.
昨日変な夢を見ました。
Bedtime set phrase: oyasumi, ii yume mite ne (good night, sweet dreams).
Same verb: akumu (nightmare)Main list: miru (Stage 2), motsu (Stage 1), aru (Stage 1)
me ga sameru
polite me ga samemasuwake up (from sleep); feel wide awake (me ga sameta)
目が覚める めがさめる 目が覚めます
verbsameru 覚めるwake, come out of sleep or a dazetypical 5% of me
trap English 'wake up' covers two things. okiru is waking or getting up (yonaka ni okichatta is fine), but me ga sameru is only the waking and never getting out of bed: yoji ni me ga sameta kedo, okita no wa shichiji.
For the moment of waking, often unplanned: yonaka ni me ga sameta (I woke in the night). It also means feeling wide awake, e.g. after coffee. Getting out of bed is okiru.
yonaka ni me ga samechatta.
I woke up in the middle of the night.
夜中に目が覚めちゃった。
yonaka ni me ga samete shimaimashita.
I woke up in the middle of the night.
夜中に目が覚めてしまいました。
Not the sameru of gohan ga sameru (food gets cold). mezamashi (alarm) comes from the transitive me o samasu (wake up, wake someone).
Same verb: yoi (drunkenness)Main list: okiru (Stage 2)
futon ni hairu
polite futon ni hairimasuget into bed, get under the covers
布団に入る ふとんにはいる 布団に入ります
verbhairu 入るgo into, enter (a room, a bath, a club)typical 29% of futon
For getting under the covers, not necessarily asleep yet: mou futon haitta (I'm in bed now). Casual speech drops ni. futon also means the covers on a bed, so it's said with any bed; beddo ni hairu is also common.
mou futon haitta kedo, nemurenai.
I'm in bed, but I can't sleep.
もう布団入ったけど、眠れない。
futon ni haitte mo, nakanaka nemurenai n desu.
Even after I get into bed, I can't get to sleep.
布団に入っても、なかなか眠れないんです。
Laying the futon out is futon o shiku; folding it away in the morning is futon o tatamu.
Same verb: beddo (bed), nebukuro (sleeping bag)Learn alongside: kotatsu ni hairuMain list: hairu (Stage 1), neru (Stage 2), -eru / -rareru (Stage 2), mou (Stage 1)
mezamashi o kakeru
polite mezamashi o kakemasuset an alarm
目覚ましをかける めざましをかける 目覚ましをかけます
verbkakeru かけるhang or put something onto something; set a device goingtypical 23% of mezamashi
trap English 'set' gives no hint of kakeru: alarms and timers take kakeru (araamu o setto suru is also fine).
Said the night before, often as mezamashi kaketoku (I'll set the alarm). For phone alarms, araamu o kakeru and araamu o setto suru are just as common.
ashita hayai kara, mezamashi kaketoku.
I'm up early tomorrow, so I'll set an alarm.
明日早いから、目覚ましかけとく。
ashita wa hayai node, mezamashi o kakete okimasu.
I have an early start tomorrow, so I'll set an alarm.
明日は早いので、目覚ましをかけておきます。
Shutting it off is mezamashi o tomeru; the alarm going off is mezamashi ga naru (mezamashi naranakatta = my alarm didn't go off).
Same verb: araamu (alarm), taimaa (timer)Learn alongside: kagi o kakeru, kagi ga kakaru, soujiki o kakeru (Stage 4)Main list: kakeru (Stage 4)
kotatsu ni hairu
polite kotatsu ni hairimasuget under the kotatsu
こたつに入る こたつにはいる こたつに入ります
verbhairu 入るgo into, enter (a room, a bath, a club)
Winter at home: sitting with your legs under the heated table's quilt, often with mikan. Mostly heard as kotatsu haitte (get in) or kotatsu kara derarenai (I can't get out of the kotatsu).
samui! hayaku kotatsu hairou.
It's freezing! Let's get under the kotatsu.
寒い！早くこたつ入ろう。
samui desu ne. hayaku kotatsu ni hairimashou.
It's cold. Let's get under the kotatsu.
寒いですね。早くこたつに入りましょう。
Same hairu as futon ni hairu and ofuro ni hairu. Dozing off in it (kotatsu de neru) is the classic way to catch a cold.
Same verb: nebukuro (sleeping bag), onsen (hot spring)Learn alongside: futon ni hairuMain list: hairu (Stage 1), samui (Stage 2), -ou / -you (Stage 4)