寝坊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝	坊
ね Grade: S	ぼう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
寢坊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 寝 (ne, “sleeping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “the continuative or stem form”) of verb 寝る (neru, “to sleep”)) +‎ 坊 (bō, “boy”, term of endearment).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねぼー [nèbóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ne̞bo̞ː]

Noun

寝(ね)坊(ぼう) • (nebō) ^{←ねばう (nebau)^?}

oversleeping
one who sleeps late or oversleeps

Verb

寝(ね)坊(ぼう)する • (nebō suru) ^{←ねばう (nebau)^?}suru (stem 寝(ね)坊(ぼう)し (nebō shi), past 寝(ね)坊(ぼう)した (nebō shita))

to oversleep, to sleep in

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寝坊する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	寝坊し	ねぼうし	nebō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	寝坊し	ねぼうし	nebō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	寝坊する	ねぼうする	nebō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	寝坊する	ねぼうする	nebō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	寝坊すれ	ねぼうすれ	nebō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	寝坊せよ¹ 寝坊しろ²	ねぼうせよ¹ ねぼうしろ²	nebō seyo¹ nebō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	寝坊される	ねぼうされる	nebō sareru
Causative	寝坊させる寝坊さす	ねぼうさせるねぼうさす	nebō saseru nebō sasu
Potential	寝坊できる	ねぼうできる	nebō dekiru
Volitional	寝坊しよう	ねぼうしよう	nebō shiyō
Negative	寝坊しない	ねぼうしない	nebō shinai
Negative continuative	寝坊せず	ねぼうせず	nebō sezu
Formal	寝坊します	ねぼうします	nebō shimasu
Perfective	寝坊した	ねぼうした	nebō shita
Conjunctive	寝坊して	ねぼうして	nebō shite
Hypothetical conditional	寝坊すれば	ねぼうすれば	nebō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

朝(あさ)寝(ね)坊(ぼう) (asa nebō): oversleeping in the morning; one who sleeps late or oversleeps in the morning; to oversleep in the morning

References

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

“寝坊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 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

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