寝取る

寝取る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝	取
ね Grade: S	と Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 寝 (ne, “sleep”) +‎ 取る (toru, “to steal”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ねと​る [nètóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ne̞to̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

寝取る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ねとる, rōmaji netoru)

1. to have sex with (someone else's spouse or lover); to be in cahoots with (an adulterous, cuckolding or cheating person)

   妻 (つま)を寝 (ね)取 (と)られた男 (おとこ)

   tsuma o netorareta otoko

   a man whose wife has been stolen from him

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寝取る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	寝取ら	ねとら	netora
Continuative (連用形)	寝取り	ねとり	netori
Terminal (終止形)	寝取る	ねとる	netoru
Attributive (連体形)	寝取る	ねとる	netoru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	寝取れ	ねとれ	netore
Imperative (命令形)	寝取れ	ねとれ	netore
Key constructions
Passive	寝取られる	ねとられる	netorareru
Causative	寝取らせる 寝取らす	ねとらせる ねとらす	netoraseru netorasu
Potential	寝取れる	ねとれる	netoreru
Volitional	寝取ろう	ねとろう	netorō
Negative	寝取らない	ねとらない	netoranai
Negative continuative	寝取らず	ねとらず	netorazu
Formal	寝取ります	ねとります	netorimasu
Perfective	寝取った	ねとった	netotta
Conjunctive	寝取って	ねとって	netotte
Hypothetical conditional	寝取れば	ねとれば	netoreba

Derived terms

• 寝 (ね)取 (と)られ (netorare)