寝床

Japanese
Kanji in this term
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).

Pronunciation

Noun

寝床 (hiragana ねどこ, rōmaji nedoko)

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

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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