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N1 Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, Suru verb
うとうとfalling in a doze, dozing
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Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, Suru verb
1.
falling into a doze, dozing off, nodding off
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
All Forms
うとうと、ウトウト
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少し眠いからコタツに入ってうとうとしよう。
I'm a bit sleepy, so I'm going to crawl under the kotatsu and start dozing.
仕事中にうとうとしていたら上司に怒られました。
I got scolded by my boss for dozing off at work.
電車でうとうとしていたら駅を乗り越してしまいました。
I dozed off on the train and missed my stop.
眠くてうとうとするのは人間に限ったことではない。動物も同じだ。
Feeling sleepy and dozing off isn't unique to humans. Animals do it too.
誰にもまして学習意欲のある彼は、どんなに退屈な授業でもうとうとしません。
He's more eager to learn than anyone and won't doze off no matter how boring the class is.
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