寝床

Japanese
Kanji in this term
寝 床
ね
Grade: S		 とこ > どこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢床 (kyūjitai)

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
  • (Tokyo) ねどこ [nèdókó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞do̞ko̞]

Noun

寝(ね)床(どこ) • (nedoko) 

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

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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