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床
床
7 strokes
Frequency: 1175
JLPT N2
Grade 8

Meanings

bed
counter for beds
floor
padding
tatami

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ショウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とこ
ゆか

Common Words

床
牀
ゆか
Noun
Freq #1344
1

floor

Examples
床の上に何がありますか。
Is there anything on the floor?
2

stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)

3

dining platform built across a river

寝床
ねどこ
Noun
Freq #7178
1

bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom

Examples
子供は寝床ですっかり目を覚ましている。
The child is wide awake in bed.
起床
きしょう
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #18024
1

rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed

Examples
６時起床、７時家を出る。
Got up at six, and left home at seven.
床に就く
床につく
とこにつく
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #19199
1

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

Examples
わたしはいつもより遅く床に就いた。
I went to bed later than usual.
病床
びょうしょう
病牀
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #20258
1

sickbed; (hospital) bed

Examples
彼女は急いで彼の病床へ駆けつけた。
She came hurrying to his bedside.
床板
ゆかいた
しょうばん
Noun
Freq #20756
1

floorboard

Examples
金は床板の下に隠されていた。
The money was hidden beneath the floorboards.
床下
ゆかした
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #21964
1

under the floor

Examples
床下にパイプを通す。
Run pipes under the floor.
床
とこ
Noun
Freq #23701
1

bed; bedding

Examples
私が床に入るか入らないうちに電話が鳴りだした。
I had hardly gotten into bed when the telephone began to ring.
2

sickbed

3

Abbreviation

alcove

4

riverbed

5

seedbed

6

straw "core" of a tatami mat

7

floor

床の間
とこのま
Noun
Freq #24830
1

tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

《 あぐら 》
胡坐
胥座
胡床
趺坐
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #27681
1

sitting cross-legged

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