寝そべる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢そべる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (ne, sleeping, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 寝る (neru, to sleep)) + そべる (soberu, to sprawl, to spread out)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そべ [nèsóbéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞so̞be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

()そべる • (nesoberu) intransitive godan (stem ()そべり (nesoberi), past ()そべった (nesobetta))

  1. to sprawl, lie at full length on one's side or on one's stomach

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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