雑魚寝

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
雑 魚 寝
ざ
Grade: 5 		こ
Grade: 2 		ね
Grade: S
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
雜魚寢 (kyūjitai)
雑居寝

Etymology

From 雑魚(ざこ) (zako, “small fish; small fry”) + 寝(ね) (ne, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

Noun

雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね) • (zakone) 

  1. sleeping together in a huddle

Verb

雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね)する • (zakone suru) suru (stem 雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね)し (zakone shi), past 雑(ざ)魚(こ)寝(ね)した (zakone shita))

  1. to sleep together in a huddle

Conjugation

Conjugation of "雑魚寝する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 雑魚寝し ざこねし zakone shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 雑魚寝し ざこねし zakone shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 雑魚寝する ざこねする zakone suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 雑魚寝する ざこねする zakone suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 雑魚寝すれ ざこねすれ zakone sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 雑魚寝せよ¹
雑魚寝しろ² 		ざこねせよ¹
ざこねしろ² 		zakone seyo¹
zakone shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 雑魚寝される ざこねされる zakone sareru
Causative 雑魚寝させる
雑魚寝さす 		ざこねさせる
ざこねさす 		zakone saseru
zakone sasu
Potential 雑魚寝できる ざこねできる zakone dekiru
Volitional 雑魚寝しよう ざこねしよう zakone shiyō
Negative 雑魚寝しない ざこねしない zakone shinai
Negative continuative 雑魚寝せず ざこねせず zakone sezu
Formal 雑魚寝します ざこねします zakone shimasu
Perfective 雑魚寝した ざこねした zakone shita
Conjunctive 雑魚寝して ざこねして zakone shite
Hypothetical conditional 雑魚寝すれば ざこねすれば zakone sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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