雑魚寝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雑 魚 寝
ざ
Grade: 5
こ
Grade: 2
ね
Grade: S
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
雜魚寢 (kyūjitai)
雑居寝

Etymology

From 雑魚(ざこ) (zako, “small fish; small fry”) + 寝(ね) (ne, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

Noun

雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね) • (zakone) 

  1. sleeping together in a huddle

Verb

雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね)する • (zakone suru) suru (stem 雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね)し (zakone shi), past 雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね)した (zakone shita))

  1. to sleep together in a huddle

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  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
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