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寝かしつける (ねかしつける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

寝ねかしつける

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

put to sleep; lull to sleep

Specifically for putting a child or baby to sleep, often by rocking, singing, or patting.

赤あかちゃんを寝ねかしつけるのに一いち時じ間かんかかった。
It took an hour to put the baby to sleep.
子こ守もり唄うたを歌うたって子こどもを寝ね

かしつけ

た

。

I lulled the child to sleep by singing a lullaby.

Written forms

寝ねかしつけるUsage98%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
寝ねかし付つけるUsage2%
Alternate kanji spelling using 付ける; less common but acceptable.

Kanji

寝lie down, sleep, rest
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

寝ねかせる
寝かせる is a more general verb meaning 'to put to bed' or 'to lay down', not necessarily implying the process of soothing to sleep. 寝かしつける emphasizes the act of actively getting someone (usually a child) to fall asleep.

Etymology

Compound of 寝かす (nekasu, 'to put to sleep') + 付ける (tsukeru, 'to attach' or 'to set'), with the latter adding a sense of 'thoroughly' or 'completely'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.