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朝寝坊 (あさねぼう): oversleeping, late riser — Japanese vocabulary

朝寝坊 is read あさねぼう and means "oversleeping, late riser". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

朝寝坊

Reading
あさねぼう · asanebou
Translation
oversleeping, late riser
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
あさねぼうが

Example

朝寝坊が癖になった。

あさねぼうがくせになった。

I took to sleeping late in the morning.

Kanji in this word

  • 朝 — morning
  • 寝 — sleep, lie down
  • 坊 — Boy, Priest's Residence, Priest

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