寝返る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝 返
ね
Grade: S
かえ > がえ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢返る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ねがえ​る [nègáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • (Tokyo) ねかえ​る [nèkáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

寝(ね)返(がえ)る or 寝返(ねかえ)る • (negaeru or nekaeru) ←ねがへる (negaferu)?intransitive godan (stem 寝(ね)返(がえ)り (negaeri), past 寝(ね)返(がえ)った (negaetta))

  1. to change the direction of body while sleeping
    Synonym: 寝返りを打つ (negaeri o utsu)
  2. to betray, to turn traitor
    Synonym: 裏切る (uragiru)

Conjugation

References

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