ごめん寝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寝
ね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
ごめん寢 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Blend of ごめんね (gomen ne, “I'm sorry”) +‎ 寝 (ne, “sleeping”), referring to the use of dogeza in apology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mẽ̞nːe̞]

Noun

ごめん寝(ね) • (gomen-ne) 

1. (slang, of cats) sleeping in a dogeza-like position, with the face covered