寝そべる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢そべる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (ne, sleeping, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 寝る (neru, to sleep)) + そべる (soberu, to sprawl, to spread out)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そべ [nèsóbéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞so̞be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

()そべる (nesoberu) intransitive godan (stem ()そべり (nesoberi), past ()そべった (nesobetta))

  1. to sprawl, lie at full length on one's side or on one's stomach

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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