欠伸

Chinese

 
deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
to stretch; to extend
simp. and trad.
(欠伸)
variant forms 欠申

Pronunciation


Verb

欠伸

  1. to yawn and stretch

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: S
Irregular

Attested in The Pillow Book, completed in 1002.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 欠ぶ (akubu, to yawn).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 欠伸 (qiànshēn).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

欠伸 (hiragana あくび, rōmaji akubi)

  1. a yawn, yawning
Derived terms
  • 欠伸 (あくび) (がた) (akubi-gata)
  •  (なま)欠伸 (あくび) (nama akubi)
Idioms
  • 欠伸 (あくび) () (ころ) (akubi o kamikorosu)

Verb

欠伸する (hiragana あくびする, rōmaji akubi suru)

  1. to yawn
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Appears to be derived from Middle Chinese compound 欠伸 (MC kʰɨɐmH ɕiɪn).

Pronunciation

Noun

欠伸 (hiragana けんしん, rōmaji kenshin)

  1. yawning and stretching

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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