寝そべる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝
ね
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢そべる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (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) ねそべ​る [nèsóbéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞so̞be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

寝(ね)そべる • (nesoberu) intransitive godan (stem 寝(ね)そべり (nesoberi), past 寝(ね)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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