寝間

Japanese
Kanji in this term
寝 間
ね
Grade: S		 ま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢間 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleep, sleeping”) +‎ 間 (ma, “space, room”).[1][2][3]

First attested in a text from 1686.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

寝(ね)間(ま) • (nema) 

  1. [from 1686] a bedroom
    Synonyms: 寝室 (shinshitsu), 寝屋 (neya), ベッドルーム (beddorūmu)
  2. [from 1814] a bed
    Synonyms: 寝床 (nedoko), 床 (toko), ベッド (beddo), 寝台 (shindai, nedai)

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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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