This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

眠っている犬はそのままにしておけ。

Sentence Analyzer

眠っている そのまま しておけ

English Translation

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Furigana

(ねむ)っている(いぬ)はそのままにしておけ。

Romanji

Nemutteiru inu wa sonomama ni shiteoke.

Words

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes
(いぬ)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
其の儘 (そのまま、そのまんま)
without change; as it is (i.e. now)
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy
Readings: ケン、 いぬ、 いぬ-
Meaning: dog