朝寝坊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朝 寝 坊
あさ
Grade: 2
ね
Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
朝寢坊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 朝 (asa, “morning”) +‎ 寝坊 (nebō, “sleeping in, waking late; someone who sleeps in”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あさね​ぼー [àsá néꜜbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠sa̠ ne̞bo̞ː]

Noun

朝(あさ)寝(ね)坊(ぼう) • (asa nebō) ←あさねばう (asanebau)?

  1. oversleeping in the morning
  2. one who sleeps late or oversleeps in the morning

Verb

朝(あさ)寝(ね)坊(ぼう)する • (asa nebō suru) ←あさねばう (asanebau)?suru (stem 朝(あさ)寝(ね)坊(ぼう)し (asa nebō shi), past 朝(あさ)寝(ね)坊(ぼう)した (asa nebō shita))

  1. to oversleep in the morning

Conjugation

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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