寝言（ねごと、negoto）
- sleep-talking

The Japanese word 寝言寝言 (ねごと, negoto) refers to the act of talking while asleep, commonly known as "talking in your sleep" or "sleep talk." It encompasses any vocalizations made during sleep, ranging from mumbling and incoherent sounds to complete sentences.

⚫︎寝言を言っている Translation: He/She is talking in their sleep. ⚫︎昨夜はどんな寝言を言ったの？ Translation: What did you say in your sleep last night? ⚫︎あの人は寝言寝言がうるさい Translation: That person is noisy when they talk in their sleep.

⚫︎寝言寝言 is used to describe the phenomenon of someone speaking while they are asleep. ⚫︎It's generally used when you are describing a past event (someone's sleep talking) or making a general statement about someone who sleep talks. ⚫︎You can use it to report what someone said in their sleep, or to express your observation of the behavior.

⚫︎The word 寝言寝言 is primarily written in hiragana as ねごと. ⚫︎The kanji form is 寝言. ⚫︎There are no significant variations in the okurigana.

There are no direct synonyms for 寝言寝言 that capture the exact meaning in Japanese.

There are no direct antonyms for 寝言寝言.

彼は毎晩、寝言寝言で何か言っている。 ・Translation: He says something in his sleep every night. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the frequency with which someone talks in their sleep.

寝言寝言が酷くて、夜中に何度も目が覚めた。 ・Translation: His/Her sleep talking was so bad that I woke up many times during the night. ・Explanation: This sentence describes how someone's sleep talking affected the speaker's sleep.

The word 寝言寝言 is formed from: ⚫︎寝 (ね, ne), meaning "to sleep." ⚫︎言 (こと, koto), meaning "word" or "speech." Therefore, 寝言寝言 literally translates to "sleeping words" or "words spoken in sleep."