Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: S
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
寢坊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (ne, sleeping, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, the continuative or stem form) of verb 寝る (neru, to sleep)) +‎ (, boy, term of endearment).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ぼう) (nebōねばう (nebau)?

  1. oversleeping
  2. one who sleeps late or oversleeps

Verb edit

()(ぼう)する (nebō suruねばう (nebau)?suru (stem ()(ぼう) (nebō shi), past ()(ぼう)した (nebō shita))

  1. to oversleep, to sleep in

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN