寝転ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ころ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
寢轉ぶ (kyūjitai)
寝ころぶ

Etymology

() (neru, to lie down) + (ころ) (korobu, to fall over)

Pronunciation

Verb

()(ころ) • (nekorobuintransitive godan (stem ()(ころ) (nekorobi), past ()(ころ)んだ (nekoronda))

  1. to lie down limply, slackly
    (ぼく)は、(しば)()(うえ)()(ころ)んで()(いぬ)とじゃれた。
    Boku wa, shibafu no ue de nekoronde koinu to jareta.
    I played with a puppy while lying on the grass.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寝転ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寝転ば ねころば nekoroba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寝転び ねころび nekorobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寝転ぶ ねころぶ nekorobu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寝転ぶ ねころぶ nekorobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寝転べ ねころべ nekorobe
Meireikei ("imperative") 寝転べ ねころべ nekorobe
Key constructions
Passive 寝転ばれる ねころばれる nekorobareru
Causative 寝転ばせる
寝転ばす
ねころばせる
ねころばす
nekorobaseru
nekorobasu
Potential 寝転べる ねころべる nekoroberu
Volitional 寝転ぼう ねころぼう nekorobō
Negative 寝転ばない ねころばない nekorobanai
Negative continuative 寝転ばず ねころばず nekorobazu
Formal 寝転びます ねころびます nekorobimasu
Perfective 寝転んだ ねころんだ nekoronda
Conjunctive 寝転んで ねころんで nekoronde
Hypothetical conditional 寝転べば ねころべば nekorobeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN