うつぶせ寝ね

Written forms

• うつぶせ寝ねUsage50%

  Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.

• うつ伏ぶせ寝ねUsage50%

  Variant using 伏せ instead of ぶせ; less common but still seen.

• 俯うつぶせ寝ね
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 俯 is not a jōyō kanji.

Kanji

• 寝lie down, sleep, rest
• 伏prostrated, bend down, bow
• 俯bend down, lie prostrate

Similar words

• 仰あお向むけ

  Means lying face up; the opposite position to うつぶせ寝.

• 横よこ向むき寝ね

  Sleeping on one's side, as opposed to face down.

Etymology

Compound of うつぶせ (face down) + 寝 (sleep). うつぶせ is from 打つ伏す (to lie face down).