寝返る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝 返
ね
Grade: S 		かえ > がえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
寢返る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

寝(ね)返(がえ)る or 寝返(ねかえ)る • (negaeru or nekaeru) ←ねがへる (negaferu)?intransitive godan (stem 寝(ね)返(がえ)り (negaeri), past 寝(ね)返(がえ)った (negaetta))

  1. to change the direction of body while sleeping
    Synonym: 寝返りを打つ (negaeri o utsu)
  2. to betray, to turn traitor
    Synonym: 裏切る (uragiru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寝返る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寝返ら ねがえら negaera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寝返り ねがえり negaeri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寝返る ねがえる negaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寝返る ねがえる negaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寝返れ ねがえれ negaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 寝返れ ねがえれ negaere
Key constructions
Passive 寝返られる ねがえられる negaerareru
Causative 寝返らせる
寝返らす 		ねがえらせる
ねがえらす 		negaeraseru
negaerasu
Potential 寝返れる ねがえれる negaereru
Volitional 寝返ろう ねがえろう negaerō
Negative 寝返らない ねがえらない negaeranai
Negative continuative 寝返らず ねがえらず negaerazu
Formal 寝返ります ねがえります negaerimasu
Perfective 寝返った ねがえった negaetta
Conjunctive 寝返って ねがえって negaette
Hypothetical conditional 寝返れば ねがえれば negaereba
Classical conjugation of "寝返る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 寝返ら ねがへら negafera
Continuative (連用形) 寝返り ねがへり negaferi
Terminal (終止形) 寝返る ねがへる negaferu
Attributive (連体形) 寝返る ねがへる negaferu
Realis (已然形) 寝返れ ねがへれ negafere
Imperative (命令形) 寝返れ ねがへれ negafere
Key constructions
Negative 寝返らず ねがへらず negaferazu
Contrasting conjunction 寝返れど ねがへれど negaferedo
Causal conjunction 寝返れば ねがへれば negafereba
Conditional conjunction 寝返らば ねがへらば negaferaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 寝返りき ねがへりき negaferiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 寝返りけり ねがへりけり negaferikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 寝返りつ ねがへりつ negaferitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 寝返りぬ ねがへりぬ negaferinu
Perfect-continuative tense 寝返れり
寝返りたり		 ねがへれり
ねがへりたり		 negafereri
negaferitari
Volitional 寝返らむ ねがへらむ negaferamu

References

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