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寝相 (ねぞう, nezou) Japanese meaning: sleeping posture | Kotomora
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He has bad sleeping posture and often falls out of the futon.
I adjusted the baby's sleeping position.
Expressions 寝ね 相ぞう がいい sleeping still; not tossing and turning in sleep 寝ね 相ぞう が 悪わる い toss and turn in sleep; restless sleeper Kanji 相 inter-, mutual, together Related words 寝姿 describes the visual appearance of a sleeping person, while 寝相 focuses on the habitual position or manner in which one sleeps.
姿勢 is the general word for posture in any situation, whereas 寝相 refers specifically to the posture one takes while sleeping.
Don't confuse with 寝返り is the act of turning over in bed, while 寝相 describes the overall posture or position one settles into during sleep.
寝癖 refers to hair mussed from sleeping, while 寝相 refers to the position of the body during sleep, not the hair.
寝相 describes how a person moves or lies while sleeping (posture), whereas 寝顔 refers specifically to the facial expression seen while someone sleeps.
Etymology Formed from 寝 “sleeping” and 相 “appearance, posture,” with voicing of そう to ぞう.
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寝相 refers to one's sleeping posture or how one moves in sleep, while 寝冷え refers to falling ill from being chilled while asleep, so the two are easily mixed up because both start with 寝.
