さ寝

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. Compound of さ (sa-, beautification prefix) + 寝(ぬ) (nu, “to sleep”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

さ寝(ぬ) • (sanu) transitive ^†nidan

1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to sleep
2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) (of a man and a woman) to sleep together

Conjugation

Derived terms

• さ寝(ね) (sane, “sleep (especially that of a man and a woman together)”)
• さ寝(ぬ)らく (sanuraku, “(of a man and a woman) to sleep together”)
• さ寝(ね)さ寝(ぬ) (sanesanu, “to sleep over and over again (especially that of a man and a woman together)”)
• さ寝処(ねど) (sanedo, “place for sleeping (especially that of a man and a woman together)”)
• さ寝(ね)床(どこ) (sanedoko, “bed for sleeping (especially that of a man and a woman together)”)

Related terms

• さ寝(な)す (sanasu, “(honorific) to rest, to sleep”)

Etymology 2

The 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative”) of the verb さ寝(ぬ) (sanu) above.

Pronunciation

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Noun

さ寝(ね) • (sane) 

1. sleep (especially that of a man and a woman together)