Bedridden while sick with 寝込む
Vocabulary Explanation: Words ending in 込む
Takagi is home sick. Nishikata brings a printout from school to her room, and she asks him to stay. She thanks him for keeping her company.
- 高木:
- 「なんか寝込むのも悪くないや。」
- “Being stuck in bed like this isn't so bad after all.”
Key Points
1寝込む = “to be confined to bed”
- 寝る means “sleep” or “lie down.” 寝込む means remaining in bed for an extended period.
- Takagi missed school because she is ill, so you read 寝込む as “stay in bed with an illness.” In another context, it can describe falling into a deep sleep.
2寝込むのも = “even being stuck in bed”
- With の, Takagi treats 寝込む as an experience she can judge. も presents that experience as an unexpected case.
- 寝込むのも悪くない gives the core thought: “Even being stuck in bed isn’t so bad.”
3なんか and や keep the thought casual
- Sentence-initial なんか means “somehow” or “kind of” here. Takagi uses it to make the comment sound offhand while Nishikata keeps her company.
- Takagi ends with や to make the conclusion sound like a realization she is voicing to herself. The translator uses “after all” for that tone.
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