就しゅう褥じょく

しゅ

う

じょ

く

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

going to bed; retiring

formal or literary

Formal/literary term for going to bed or retiring for the night. Rare in everyday speech; more common in older literature or formal contexts.

彼かれは毎まい晩ばん十じゅう時じに就しゅう褥じょくする習しゅう慣かんだった。
He was in the habit of retiring at ten o'clock every night.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being bedridden

formal or literary

Formal/literary term for being confined to bed due to illness. Rare; modern Japanese more commonly uses 寝たきり or 病床にある.

祖そ父ふは病やまいで長ながく就しゅう褥じょくしている。
My grandfather has been bedridden for a long time due to illness.

Written forms

就しゅう褥じょく
Formal/literary kanji spelling; 褥 means bedding or mattress. Rare in modern writing.
就しゅう蓐じょくUsage100%
Variant kanji spelling using 蓐 (straw mat/bedding). Even rarer than 就褥.

Kanji

就concerning, settle, take position
褥cushion, mattress, bedding
蓐bed

Similar words

就しゅう寝しん
Common formal term for going to bed. 就褥 is much rarer and more literary, with a nuance of lying down on bedding.
寝ねたきり
Common modern term for being bedridden. 就褥 is a formal/literary equivalent, rarely used in everyday conversation.

Etymology

Compound of 就 (しゅう, 'to take up a position') and 褥 (じょく, 'bedding/mattress'). The variant 就蓐 uses 蓐, a less common character for bedding. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a Sino-Japanese compound used in formal or literary contexts.