合歓

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

(ごう)(かん) • (gōkan

  1. delighting themselves together
  2. a man and a woman sleeping in the same bed
  3. short for 合歓木 (gōkan)
Derived terms
  • 合歓綢繆(ごうかんちゅうびゅう) (gōkanchūbyū)
  • 合歓木(ごうかんぼく) (gōkanboku): silk tree, specifically Persian silk tree

Verb

(ごう)(かん)する • (gōkan surusuru (stem (ごう)(かん) (gōkan shi), past (ごう)(かん)した (gōkan shita))

  1. to delight each other together
  2. to sleep in the same bed (of a man and a woman)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ねむ
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From (ねむ) (nemuri, sleep).

Noun

合歓(ねむ) or 合歓(ネム) • (nemu

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
ねむ
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
合歡 (kyūjitai)

From (ねぶ) (neburi, sleep), which is the old obsolete reading thereof, and in modern form, the bilabial plosive /b/ has become bilabial nasal /m/.

Noun

合歓(ねぶ) or 合歓(ネブ) • (nebu

  1. silk tree (Albizia spp.)
    1. especially, Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)