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朝寝坊
あさねぼう
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oversleeping, late riser
Asanebō is 朝 (asa, “morning”) plus 寝坊 (nebō, “sleeping in, waking late; someone who sleeps in”).
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In a sentence
彼女は朝寝坊だ。
She is a late riser.
朝寝坊が癖になった。
I took to sleeping late in the morning.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 朝 (asa, “morning”) + 寝坊 (nebō, “sleeping in, waking late; someone who sleeps in”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 朝寝坊 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 混種語 Hybrid
- Words that mix layers, e.g. a native part with a Chinese one.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.