朝寝坊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あさ
Grade: 2

Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of (asa, morning) + 寝坊 (nebō, sleeping in, waking late; someone who sleeps in).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さねぼー [àsá néꜜbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠sa̠ ne̞bo̞ː]

Noun

朝寝坊 (hiragana あさねぼう, rōmaji asa nebō, historical hiragana あさねばう)

  1. oversleeping in the morning
  2. one who sleeps late or oversleeps in the morning

Verb

朝寝坊する (hiragana あさねぼうする, rōmaji asa nebō suru, historical hiragana あさねばうする)

  1. to oversleep in the morning

Conjugation

References

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