寝起き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝 起
ね
Grade: S 		お
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
寢起き (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(sense: getting up)

(sense: sleeping and waking; living with)

Noun

寝(ね)起(お)き • (neoki) 

  1. getting up, waking up
    寝起(ねお)きが悪(わる)い
    neoki ga warui
    to wake up with a bad mood
  2. sleeping and waking
    • 1883, 雨森芳洲 (Amenomori Hōshū), “靜止”, in 浦瀬裕, editor, 再刊交隣須知 (Saikan kōrin suchi)‎NDL NLK, 外務省 edition, volume 4:
      寤寐 子オキニ忘レエマセヌ
      gobi neoki ni wasureemasenu
      寤寐 오ᄆᆡ불망(寤寐不忘)ᄒᆞ옵네다 (original Korean)
  3. living with, staying with

Verb

寝(ね)起(お)きする • (neoki suru) suru (stem 寝(ね)起(お)きし (neoki shi), past 寝(ね)起(お)きした (neoki shita))

  1. to get up
  2. to live with, to stay with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寝起きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寝起きし ねおきし neoki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寝起きし ねおきし neoki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寝起きする ねおきする neoki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寝起きする ねおきする neoki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寝起きすれ ねおきすれ neoki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 寝起きせよ¹
寝起きしろ² 		ねおきせよ¹
ねおきしろ² 		neoki seyo¹
neoki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 寝起きされる ねおきされる neoki sareru
Causative 寝起きさせる
寝起きさす 		ねおきさせる
ねおきさす 		neoki saseru
neoki sasu
Potential 寝起きできる ねおきできる neoki dekiru
Volitional 寝起きしよう ねおきしよう neoki shiyō
Negative 寝起きしない ねおきしない neoki shinai
Negative continuative 寝起きせず ねおきせず neoki sezu
Formal 寝起きします ねおきします neoki shimasu
Perfective 寝起きした ねおきした neoki shita
Conjunctive 寝起きして ねおきして neoki shite
Hypothetical conditional 寝起きすれば ねおきすれば neoki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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