合歓

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi

On'yomi.

Noun

合歓 (hiragana ごうかん, rōmaji gōkan)

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

Derived terms

Verb

合歓する (hiragana ごうかん, rōmaji gōkan)

  1. delight themselves together
  2. sleep in the same bed (of man and woman)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
Irregular

From 眠り (nemuri, sleep).

Noun

合歓 (hiragana ねむ, katakana ネム, rōmaji nemu)

  1. silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: S
Irregular

From 眠り (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 (hiragana ねぶ, katakana ネブ, rōmaji nebu)

  1. silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree
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