寝坊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
寝 坊
ね
Grade: S		 ぼう
Grade: S
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
寢坊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleeping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “the continuative or stem form”) of verb 寝る (neru, “to sleep”)) +‎ 坊 (bō, “boy”, term of endearment).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

寝(ね)坊(ぼう) • (nebō) ←ねばう (nebau)?

  1. oversleeping
  2. one who sleeps late or oversleeps

Verb

寝(ね)坊(ぼう)する • (nebō suru) ←ねばう (nebau)?suru (stem 寝(ね)坊(ぼう)し (nebō shi), past 寝(ね)坊(ぼう)した (nebō shita))

  1. to oversleep, to sleep in

Conjugation
Conjugation of "寝坊する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寝坊し ねぼうし nebō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寝坊し ねぼうし nebō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寝坊する ねぼうする nebō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寝坊する ねぼうする nebō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寝坊すれ ねぼうすれ nebō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 寝坊せよ¹
寝坊しろ²		 ねぼうせよ¹
ねぼうしろ²		 nebō seyo¹
nebō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 寝坊される ねぼうされる nebō sareru
Causative 寝坊させる
寝坊さす		 ねぼうさせる
ねぼうさす		 nebō saseru
nebō sasu
Potential 寝坊できる ねぼうできる nebō dekiru
Volitional 寝坊しよう ねぼうしよう nebō shiyō
Negative 寝坊しない ねぼうしない nebō shinai
Negative continuative 寝坊せず ねぼうせず nebō sezu
Formal 寝坊します ねぼうします nebō shimasu
Perfective 寝坊した ねぼうした nebō shita
Conjunctive 寝坊して ねぼうして nebō shite
Hypothetical conditional 寝坊すれば ねぼうすれば nebō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

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
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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