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Japanese
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| 寢間 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleep, sleeping”) + 間 (ma, “space, room”).[1][2][3]
First attested in a text from 1686.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
寝間 • (nema)
- a bedroom
- Synonyms: 寝室 (shinshitsu), 寝屋 (neya), ベッドルーム (beddorūmu)
- a bed
- Synonyms: 寝床 (nedoko), 床 (toko), ベッド (beddo), 寝台 (shindai, nedai)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN