ねぼける

Japanese

Alternative spellings
寝惚ける寝ぼける

Etymology

From 寝(ね) (ne, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 寝(ね)る (neru, “to sleep”).”) + 惚(ぼ)ける (bokeru, “to be befuddled”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねぼける [nèbókéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ne̞bo̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ねぼける • (nebokeru) ^{←ねぼける (nebokeru)^?}ichidan (stem ねぼけ (neboke), past ねぼけた (neboketa))

to be confused due to residual drowsiness

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ねぼける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ねぼけ	neboke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ねぼけ	neboke
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ねぼける	nebokeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ねぼける	nebokeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ねぼけれ	nebokere
Meireikei ("imperative")	ねぼけよ¹ ねぼけろ²	nebokeyo¹ nebokero²
Key constructions
Passive	ねぼけられる	nebokerareru
Causative	ねぼけさせるねぼけさす	nebokesaseru nebokesasu
Potential	ねぼけられるねぼけれる³	nebokerareru nebokereru³
Volitional	ねぼけよう	nebokeyō
Negative	ねぼけないねぼけぬねぼけん	nebokenai nebokenu neboken
Negative continuative	ねぼけず	nebokezu
Formal	ねぼけます	nebokemasu
Perfective	ねぼけた	neboketa
Conjunctive	ねぼけて	nebokete
Hypothetical conditional	ねぼければ	nebokereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN