合歓

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
合	歓
ごう Grade: 2	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

合歓 (hiragana ごうかん, rōmaji gōkan)

delighting themselves together
a man and a woman sleeping in the same bed
Short for 合歓木.

Derived terms

合 (ごう)歓 (かん)綢 (ちゅう)繆 (びゅう) (gōkanchūbyū)
合歓木 (ごうかんぼく) (gōkanboku): silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree

Verb

合歓する (hiragana ごうかんする, rōmaji gōkan suru)

delight themselves together
sleep in the same bed (of a man and a woman)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "合歓する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	合歓し	ごうかんし	gōkan shi
Continuative (連用形)	合歓し	ごうかんし	gōkan shi
Terminal (終止形)	合歓する	ごうかんする	gōkan suru
Attributive (連体形)	合歓する	ごうかんする	gōkan suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	合歓すれ	ごうかんすれ	gōkan sure
Imperative (命令形)	合歓せよ¹ 合歓しろ²	ごうかんせよ¹ ごうかんしろ²	gōkan seyo¹ gōkan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	合歓される	ごうかんされる	gōkan sareru
Causative	合歓させる合歓さす	ごうかんさせるごうかんさす	gōkan saseru gōkan sasu
Potential	合歓できる	ごうかんできる	gōkan dekiru
Volitional	合歓しよう	ごうかんしよう	gōkan shiyō
Negative	合歓しない	ごうかんしない	gōkan shinai
Negative continuative	合歓せず	ごうかんせず	gōkan sezu
Formal	合歓します	ごうかんします	gōkan shimasu
Perfective	合歓した	ごうかんした	gōkan shita
Conjunctive	合歓して	ごうかんして	gōkan shite
Hypothetical conditional	合歓すれば	ごうかんすれば	gōkan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
合	歓
Grade: 2	Grade: S
Irregular

From 眠 (ねむ)り (nemuri, “sleep”).

Noun

合歓 (hiragana ねむ, katakana ネム, rōmaji nemu)

silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree

Derived terms

合歓木 (ねむのき) (nemunoki, “silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
合	歓
Grade: 2	Grade: S
Irregular

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

Noun

合歓 (hiragana ねぶ, katakana ネブ, rōmaji nebu)

silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree

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