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Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(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.
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

From (ねむ) (nemuri, sleep).

Noun edit

合歓(ねむ) or 合歓(ネム) (nemu

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

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular
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 edit

合歓(ねぶ) or 合歓(ネブ) (nebu

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