Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 寝


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Meaning

sleep, lie down, rest

Pronunciation

SHIN
neru/kasu

Explanation

Top: roof , left: bed (image of a tree cut into half; cf. fragment ,爿), right: "only one glove" (hand ヨ, only one cover , further hand )

Mnemonic

Under a roof with a bed and only one glove is where I sleep.

Radicals

ceiling(Radical: ukanmuri)
bed(Shows a sliced tree trunc. Is used in the trainer as "bed". Compare )
just one glove
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Vocabulary

昼寝 ひるね nap (at home), siesta
寝かせる ねかせる to put to bed, to lay down
寝る ねる to go to bed, to lie down, to sleep
寝台 しんだい bed, couch
寝坊 ねぼう sleeping in late
寝巻 ねまき sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas
寝間着 ねまき sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas
朝寝坊 あさねぼう oversleeping, late riser
転寝 うたたね dozing/napping on the floor (in one's clothes)

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