眠(ねむ)る() nemuruという toiuより yori考(かんが)え()る() kangaeru為(ため)に() tameni横(よこ)に()な()っ()た() yokoninatta。 I lay down to think, rather than to sleep. Literal Sleep [rather-than-というより] think [purpose-ために], lay-down. ~というより = 'rather than X,' a comparative 'X, more than' pattern. ために ('in order to') marks purpose with a noun or nominalized verb. 横になる ('to lie down') literally 'become horizontal.' A thoughtful, reflective sentence. sleepintrospection~ために (in order to)~というより (rather than)横になる (lie down)
眠(ねむ)る() nemuruという toiuより yori考(かんが)え()る() kangaeru為(ため)に() tameni横(よこ)に()な()っ()た() yokoninatta。 I lay down to think, rather than to sleep. Literal Sleep [rather-than-というより] think [purpose-ために], lay-down. ~というより = 'rather than X,' a comparative 'X, more than' pattern. ために ('in order to') marks purpose with a noun or nominalized verb. 横になる ('to lie down') literally 'become horizontal.' A thoughtful, reflective sentence. sleepintrospection~ために (in order to)~というより (rather than)横になる (lie down)