Japanese

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Alternative spelling
寝苦しい

Etymology

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From () (ne, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (neru).) + (くる)しい (kurushii). The kurushii changes to gurushii as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ねぐるしい (negurushiiねぐるしい (negurusii)?-i (adverbial ねぐるしく (negurushiku))

  1. difficult to sleep

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN