寝床

寝床

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝	床
ね Grade: S	とこ > どこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 寝所

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleeping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese verb 寝 nu, modern 寝る neru, “to sleep”) +‎ 床 (toko, “place; raised area, raised bed”).[1][2] The toko changes to doko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ねどこ [nèdókó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ne̞do̞ko̞]

Noun

寝床 (hiragana ねどこ, rōmaji nedoko)

1. bed, futon, berth, crib, or any other surface or bedding for sleeping

Synonyms

• 臥 (が)床 (しょう) (gashō)
• 床 (とこ) (toko)
• 寝 (ね)所 (ど) (nedo)
• 寝所 (ねどころ) (nedokoro)
• 寝 (ね)間 (ま) (nema)
• ベッド (beddo)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN