retiring to bed (esp. due to illness)
Obsolete term for taking to one's bed, especially when sick. The modern equivalent is 臥床 (がしょう).
See also: 臥床
Obsolete term for a bed or bedding. Replaced by 寝床 or ベッド in modern Japanese.
In old texts, one can find the expression 'to take to one's bed due to illness' using 臥褥.
臥褥 was used as a word for old-style bedding.
Common word for 'bed' or 'sleeping place'; 臥褥 is an archaic synonym.
Obsolete kanji form; the character 褥 is not in common use. The variant 臥蓐 is search-only.
Search-only variant; 蓐 is a rare character for bedding.
Compound of 臥 (ga, 'lie down') and 褥 (joku, 'mattress, bedding'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now obsolete.