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When's your bedtime?

Rarely in English do we say ‘sleep’, rather we say ‘go to bed’. This is an example of a euphemism (婉曲表現).

These other phrases all mean "I'm going to go to sleep":

• I'm going to get forty winks
• I'm going to catch some Zs
• I'm going to hit the hay
• I'm going to hit the sack
• I'm going to get some shut-eye
• I'm going to crash (out)
• I'm going to nod off
• I'm going to retire for the night

What time do you go to bed?

We’re teaching classes until 10 pm, so that’s too early for me to go to bed.

I try to go to bed by midnight (零時), but sometimes there's too much to do, so I’m up late (夜更かし).

1 am is too late for me, but sometimes I'm up later than 1 am!

When do you get up?

Because I sleep late, 5 am is too early to wake up. It's a shame, because I would like to see the sunrise (日の出)!

I need between 7 to 9 hours of sleep, so sometimes I wake up as late as 10:30!

I would like to get up at 8 am, but I am sometimes too tired to get up! I might go back to sleep (二度寝). 

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情熱あふれる教育者・起業家・事業主。カリフォルニア大学バークレー校で日本語と日本文化を専攻（在学中、東京の国際基督教大学に1年間留学）。カリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校大学院で学んだあと、東京にある英会話スクールのメイン講師に就任。そこで英会話の教授法と学校経営とについて多くのことを学び、独自のスタイルとビジョンを築き始める。その後沖縄に転居し、2010年に英会話スクール「English World」を設立。経営者として現在にいたる。