昼寝
ひるね · hirune · JLPT N2 · noun
sleep
🛏️ 昼 (hiru) = daytime + 寝 (ne) = sleep: a sleep taken in the daytime
昼寝 joins 昼 (daytime) and 寝 (sleep, the stem of 寝る neru). Siesta comes from Latin hora sexta, the sixth hour, around noon.
ひるね · hirune · JLPT N2 · noun
sleep
🛏️ 昼 (hiru) = daytime + 寝 (ne) = sleep: a sleep taken in the daytime
昼寝 joins 昼 (daytime) and 寝 (sleep, the stem of 寝る neru). Siesta comes from Latin hora sexta, the sixth hour, around noon.