寝かす

Japanese
Kanji in this term
寝
ね
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢かす (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

寝(ね)かす • (nekasu) godan (stem 寝(ね)かし (nekashi), past 寝(ね)かした (nekashita))

  1. to put to sleep or let sleep
    今夜(こんや)は寝(ね)かさないよ！
    Kon'ya wa nekasanai yo!
    I won't let you sleep tonight! (stock phrase in pop culture implying a night of sex)
  2. to place (lay) on the side
  3. to not disturb and leave alone
  4. to let ripen/ferment/cure

Conjugation
Conjugation of "寝かす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寝かさ ねかさ nekasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寝かし ねかし nekashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寝かす ねかす nekasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寝かす ねかす nekasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寝かせ ねかせ nekase
Meireikei ("imperative") 寝かせ ねかせ nekase
Key constructions
Passive 寝かされる ねかされる nekasareru
Causative 寝かさせる
寝かさす		 ねかさせる
ねかさす		 nekasaseru
nekasasu
Potential 寝かせる ねかせる nekaseru
Volitional 寝かそう ねかそう nekasō
Negative 寝かさない ねかさない nekasanai
Negative continuative 寝かさず ねかさず nekasazu
Formal 寝かします ねかします nekashimasu
Perfective 寝かした ねかした nekashita
Conjunctive 寝かして ねかして nekashite
Hypothetical conditional 寝かせば ねかせば nekaseba

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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