寝そべる
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 寝 |
| ね Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 寢そべる (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleeping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 寝る (neru, “to sleep”)) + そべる (soberu, “to sprawl, to spread out”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
寝そべる • (nesoberu) intransitive godan (stem 寝そべり (nesoberi), past 寝そべった (nesobetta))
- to sprawl, lie at full length on one's side or on one's stomach
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "寝そべる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 寝そべら | ねそべら | nesobera |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 寝そべり | ねそべり | nesoberi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 寝そべる | ねそべる | nesoberu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 寝そべる | ねそべる | nesoberu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 寝そべれ | ねそべれ | nesobere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 寝そべれ | ねそべれ | nesobere |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 寝そべられる | ねそべられる | nesoberareru |
| Causative | 寝そべらせる 寝そべらす |
ねそべらせる ねそべらす |
nesoberaseru nesoberasu |
| Potential | 寝そべれる | ねそべれる | nesobereru |
| Volitional | 寝そべろう | ねそべろう | nesoberō |
| Negative | 寝そべらない | ねそべらない | nesoberanai |
| Negative continuative | 寝そべらず | ねそべらず | nesoberazu |
| Formal | 寝そべります | ねそべります | nesoberimasu |
| Perfective | 寝そべった | ねそべった | nesobetta |
| Conjunctive | 寝そべって | ねそべって | nesobette |
| Hypothetical conditional | 寝そべれば | ねそべれば | nesobereba |