床

Meaning

床 centers on a flat surface for resting or placing things: a bed, floor, or tatami mat. The padding and counter senses extend naturally from that idea of a supportive layer.

• 床とこ
  N1

  bed; bedding

• 床ゆか
  N3

  floor

• 臨床りんしょう

  clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)

• 起床きしょう
  N2

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

• 床下ゆかした

  under the floor

• 床屋とこや
  N4

  barbershop; barber shop; barber

• 寝床ねどこ
  N1

  bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom

• 病床びょうしょう

  sickbed; (hospital) bed

• 温床おんしょう

  hotbed; breeding ground

• 床板とこいた

  alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate

• 床板ゆかいた

  floorboard

• 床上ゆかうえ

  on a floor; above floor level

• 視床ししょう

  thalamus

• 床の間とこのま
  N2

  tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

• 河床かしょう

  riverbed

• 高床こうしょう

  raised-floor (truck, etc.)

• 高床たかゆか

  raised-floor (building)

• 苗床なえどこ

  seedbed; nursery; seed-plot

• 鉱床こうしょう

  mineral deposit; ore deposit

• 床ずれとこずれ

  bedsore

Explore all words using 床 →