合歓

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
合 歓
ごう
Grade: 2 		かん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

合(ごう)歓(かん) • (gōkan) 

  1. delighting themselves together
  2. a man and a woman sleeping in the same bed
  3. Short for 合歓木 (gōkan).
Derived terms
Derived terms

Verb

合(ごう)歓(かん)する • (gōkan suru) suru (stem 合(ごう)歓(かん)し (gōkan shi), past 合(ごう)歓(かん)した (gōkan shita))

  1. to delight each other together
  2. to sleep in the same bed (of a man and a woman)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "合歓する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 合歓し ごうかんし gōkan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 合歓し ごうかんし gōkan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 合歓する ごうかんする gōkan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 合歓する ごうかんする gōkan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 合歓すれ ごうかんすれ gōkan sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 合歓せよ¹
合歓しろ² 		ごうかんせよ¹
ごうかんしろ² 		gōkan seyo¹
gōkan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 合歓される ごうかんされる gōkan sareru
Causative 合歓させる
合歓さす 		ごうかんさせる
ごうかんさす 		gōkan saseru
gōkan sasu
Potential 合歓できる ごうかんできる gōkan dekiru
Volitional 合歓しよう ごうかんしよう gōkan shiyō
Negative 合歓しない ごうかんしない gōkan shinai
Negative continuative 合歓せず ごうかんせず gōkan sezu
Formal 合歓します ごうかんします gōkan shimasu
Perfective 合歓した ごうかんした gōkan shita
Conjunctive 合歓して ごうかんして gōkan shite
Hypothetical conditional 合歓すれば ごうかんすれば gōkan sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
合 歓
ねむ
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From 眠(ねむ)り (nemuri, “sleep”).

Noun

合歓(ねむ) or 合歓(ネム) • (nemu) 

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
合 歓
ねむ
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From 眠(ねぶ)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(ねぶ) or 合歓(ネブ) • (nebu) 

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
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