合歓

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

(ごう)(かん) (gōkan) 

  1. delighting themselves together
  2. a man and a woman sleeping in the same bed
  3. Short for 合歓木.
Derived terms

Verb

(ごう)(かん)する (gōkan suru) suru (stem (ごう)(かん) (gōkan shi), past (ごう)(かん)した (gōkan shita))

  1. to delight each other together
  2. to sleep in the same bed (of a man and a woman)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From (ねむ) (nemuri, sleep).

Noun

合歓(ねむ) (nemu) 

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From (ねぶ) (neburi, sleep), which is the old obsolete reading thereof, and in modern form, the bilabial plosive /b/ has become bilabial nasal /m/.

Noun

合歓(ねぶ) (nebu) 

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
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