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川の字
かわのじ
1. [exp,n]
《as 川の字で寝る, 川の字になって寝る, etc.》
▶ (formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents)
▶ [lit] "river" character



History:
7. A 2021-03-20 23:40:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Yes, tricky. I think what you've done is fine in the circumstances.
FWIW I did see some cases of 川の字 being used as the label for the sexual activity, hence my suggestion of a sense for that.
6. A* 2021-03-20 22:38:42  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
川の字	        40072	  
川の字に	        13868	  
川の字で	        12635	    
川の字になって	9214	  
川の字で寝	6257	    
川の字に寝	1410	  
川の字の	        1135
川の字の真ん中	237
  Comments:
This is very tricky to gloss.
  Diff:
@@ -13,7 +13,3 @@
-<s_inf>making a 川 pattern</s_inf>
-<gloss>three people sleeping together (esp. parents and child)</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>threesome (sexual activity)</gloss>
+<s_inf>as 川の字で寝る, 川の字になって寝る, etc.</s_inf>
+<gloss>(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">"river" character</gloss>
5. A* 2021-03-20 03:10:16 
  Comments:
the "エロ" search isn't evidence it means "threesome", I just wanted to demonstrate that it's not always 2 parents with the child in between, that it's wider than 
that, that it can refer to any formation of 3 people sleeping next to each other.
"as 川の字で寝る" wasn't an example, it's the form it almost always appears as. all the results on the first page of google are variations 川の字で寝る or 川の字に寝る
I don't think "making a 川 pattern" is a great note. I don't quite understand what it means.
4. A* 2021-03-20 02:47:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe this? The note is not for examples.
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -12,3 +13,7 @@
-<s_inf>as 川の字で寝る</s_inf>
-<gloss>three people lying next to each other (i.e. while sleeping</gloss>
-<gloss>esp. of two parents with a child in the middle)</gloss>
+<s_inf>making a 川 pattern</s_inf>
+<gloss>three people sleeping together (esp. parents and child)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>threesome (sexual activity)</gloss>
3. A* 2021-03-19 23:40:07 
  Refs:
ref: google 川の字+エロ (nsfw)
https://www.jlect.com/entry/2342/kawanoji/
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-<s_inf>川-like layout</s_inf>
-<gloss>parents sleeping with their child between them</gloss>
+<s_inf>as 川の字で寝る</s_inf>
+<gloss>three people lying next to each other (i.e. while sleeping</gloss>
+<gloss>esp. of two parents with a child in the middle)</gloss>
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