ねすごす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
寝過ごす 寝過す

Etymology

From ねる (neru, “to sleep”) + すごす (sugosu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねすごす [nèsúgóꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞sɨɡo̞sɨ]

Verb

ねすごす • (nesugosu) godan (stem ねすごし (nesugoshi), past ねすごした (nesugoshita))

1. to sleep in, to oversleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ねすごす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ねすごさ	nesugosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ねすごし	nesugoshi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ねすごす	nesugosu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ねすごす	nesugosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ねすごせ	nesugose
Meireikei ("imperative")	ねすごせ	nesugose
Key constructions
Passive	ねすごされる	nesugosareru
Causative	ねすごさせる ねすごさす	nesugosaseru nesugosasu
Potential	ねすごせる	nesugoseru
Volitional	ねすごそう	nesugosō
Negative	ねすごさない	nesugosanai
Negative continuative	ねすごさず	nesugosazu
Formal	ねすごします	nesugoshimasu
Perfective	ねすごした	nesugoshita
Conjunctive	ねすごして	nesugoshite
Hypothetical conditional	ねすごせば	nesugoseba