いつしか睡魔が忍び寄った。

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いつしか 睡魔 が 忍び寄った 。

English Translation

Sleep stole over us.

Furigana

いつしか睡魔(すいま)が忍(しの)び寄(よ)った。

Romanji

Itsushika suima ga shinobiyotta.

Words

何時しか (いつしか)

before one knows; unnoticed; unawares

睡魔 (すいま)

sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

忍び寄る (しのびよる)

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

Kanji

睡

Readings: スイ、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い

Meanings: drowsy, sleep, die

魔

Reading: マ

Meanings: witch, demon, evil spirit

忍

Readings: ニン、 しの.ぶ、 しの.ばせる

Meanings: endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak

寄

Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる

Meanings: draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward