寝床
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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寝 | 床 |
ね Grade: S |
とこ > どこ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
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).
Noun
寝床 (hiragana ねどこ, rōmaji nedoko)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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