昼寝

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 昼寝 – see 晝寢 (“to take an afternoon nap”). (This term is the simplified form of 晝寢).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼	寝
ひる Grade: 2	ね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝寢 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひるね [hìrúné] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟ne̞]

Noun

昼(ひる)寝(ね) • (hirune)

siesta (afternoon nap)

Synonyms

午(ご)睡(すい) (gosui)

Verb

昼(ひる)寝(ね)する • (hirune suru) suru (stem 昼(ひる)寝(ね)し (hirune shi), past 昼(ひる)寝(ね)した (hirune shita))

take an afternoon nap

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN