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寝かせる

ねかせる

to put to bed; to lay (something) down on its side; to let (dough, sake, an idea) sit and mature; to let (money, stock) lie idle

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Examples

  1. 彼女は子供をそっと寝かせた。

    かのじょはこどもをそっとねかせた。

    She laid the child down gently.

  2. 瓶は立てずに寝かせて保管してください。

    びんはたてずにねかせてほかんしてください。

    Please store the bottles lying on their side, not standing up.

  3. 生地を一晩寝かせると、ずっとおいしくなります。

    きじをひとばんねかせると、ずっとおいしくなります。

    If you let the dough rest overnight, it turns out much better.

  4. その企画は予算がつかず、二年も寝かせたままだ。

    そのきかくはよさんがつかず、にねんもねかせたままだ。

    That project never got funding, so it has been sitting on the shelf for two years.

Common patterns

子供を寝かせる
to put a child to bed
生地を寝かせる
to let dough rest
資金を寝かせる
to leave funds idle

Memory tip

The causative of 寝る, but it has grown its own senses: a bottle laid on its side, dough left to mature, money left idle. 寝かす is the more colloquial variant; 寝かしつける is specifically soothing a child to sleep.

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