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> まさか、寝ぐらにしてるのか？

What I don't know is the phrase ' **寝ぐら** '. I guessed it is a grammatical
clause but the search came up with no optimistic result.

However, with the search engine, I found that the Japaneses used it very often
in forums and blogs, such as ' **寝ぐらになる** '.

Can anyone tell me the meaning and the grammar behind it, thanks.
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About the grammar of「寝ぐらに」
寝ぐら is a nonstandard writing form of the word [ねぐら
(塒)](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/169871/meaning/m0u/), which means bird's
_roost_ , and by extension, animal _den_ or _lair_ , and also in the way these
English words could describe that of human.

> 寝ぐらにしてる = 塒にしている _be using as one's sleeping spot_

Some Japanese words that can be decomposed into multiple units, even if they
have kanji as a whole, are occasionally written in combination of kanji that
represent a part of the word.

> 卵【たまご】：玉【たま】子【ご】
>
> 偏【かたよ】り：片【かた】寄【よ】り
>
> 邪【よこしま】：横【よこ】しま

Sometimes it could be helpful to search an unknown wordform in all hiragana to
find the word you want.
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