寝しん台だい

also: ねだい

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a piece of furniture for sleeping or resting, similar to a bed or couch. Often used in compounds like 寝台車 (sleeping car).

寝しん台だいに横よこになって本ほんを読よんだ。
I lay down on the bed and read a book.
この寝しん台だいはとても硬かたい。
This bed is very hard.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の寝しん台だいで寝ねるto sleep in a bed (at a place)
彼かれは病びょう院いんの寝しん台だいで静しずかに寝ねていた。
He was sleeping quietly in the hospital bed.
寝しん台だいを予よ約やくするto reserve a berth/sleeping compartment
夜や行こう列れっ車しゃの寝しん台だいを予よ約やくした。
I reserved a berth on the overnight train.
寝しん台だいから起おきるto get up from a bed
朝あさ早はやく寝しん台だいから起おきて出しゅっ発ぱつした。
I got up from the bed early in the morning and set off.

Kanji

寝lie down, sleep, rest
台pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

Related words

ベッドN5
ベッド is the common everyday loanword for a bed, while 寝台 is more formal or literary and often used in compounds like 寝台車.
布ふ団とんN5
布団 refers to traditional Japanese bedding laid directly on the floor, whereas 寝台 is a raised bed frame.
寝ね床どこN1
寝床 is a general, everyday word for one's sleeping spot, while 寝台 is a more formal term for an actual bed frame.

Don't confuse with

寝しん室しつN1
寝台 refers to the bed or berth itself (as on a train), while 寝室 refers to the whole room used for sleeping.
寝ね床どこN1
寝台 (as in 寝台車, sleeper car) refers to a berth or bunk-style bed, a more specific and formal term than the general 寝床.

Counted with

床しょう
Counts beds, chiefly hospital beds (病床数300床).
台だいN4
For machines, appliances, vehicles, and mounted equipment.

Word family

寝しん台だい券けん
sleeping-car ticket; berth ticket
寝しん台だい船せん
sleeper ship
寝しん台だい虫むし
bedbug
寝しん台だい車しゃ
sleeping car; sleeper
寝しん台だい列れっ車しゃ
sleeper train; sleeping car train
寝しん台だい料りょう金きん
berth charge; sleeping-car fare

Written forms

寝台Usage100%
- しんだい
  Standard kanji form; the reading しんだい is the most common.
- ねだい
  Alternate reading; less common and may be considered non-standard or dialectal.
ねだい

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 寝 “sleep” and 台 “platform or stand,” both read with their Chinese-derived readings in しんだい.