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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ごう)(かん) (gōkan

  1. delighting themselves together
  2. a man and a woman sleeping in the same bed
  3. Short for 合歓木 (gōkan).
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Verb

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(ごう)(かん)する (gōkan surusuru (stem (ごう)(かん) (gōkan shi), past (ごう)(かん)した (gōkan shita))

  1. to delight each other together
  2. to sleep in the same bed (of a man and a woman)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ねむ
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From (ねむ) (nemuri, sleep).

Noun

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合歓(ねむ) or 合歓(ネム) (nemu

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
ねむ
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From (ねぶ) (neburi, sleep), which is the old obsolete reading thereof, and in modern form, the bilabial plosive /b/ has become bilabial nasal /m/.

Noun

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合歓(ねぶ) or 合歓(ネブ) (nebu

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)