寝床

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝	床
ね Grade: S	とこ > どこ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
寢床 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

寝所

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleeping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese verb 寝 nu, modern 寝る neru, “to sleep”) +‎ 床 (toko, “place; raised area, raised bed”).^[1]^[2] The toko changes to doko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねどこ [nèdókó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ne̞do̞ko̞]

Noun

寝(ね)床(どこ) • (nedoko)

bed, futon, berth, crib, or any other surface or bedding for sleeping

Synonyms

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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