寝不足

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ふ > ぶ
Grade: 4
そく
Grade: 1
kun’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
寢不足 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From () (ne, sleep) + ()(そく) (fusoku, insufficient, the fu changes to bu as an instance of rendaku (連濁)).

First attested in 1909.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

()()(そく) • (nebusoku) -na (adnominal ()()(そく) (nebusoku na), adverbial ()()(そく) (nebusoku ni))

  1. [from 1909] lacking sleep

Inflection

Noun

()()(そく) • (nebusoku) 

  1. lack of sleep

Synonyms

References

  1. 寝不足”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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