How to say "crib" in Japanese

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寝床ねどこCommon
nounThe general word for a bed or sleeping place, also a berth; it can cover a crib or cot as a small bed, but ベビーベッド is the specific term for a baby's bed.
子供こどもは寝床ねどこですっかり目めを覚さましている。↗
The child is wide awake in bed.
あんちょこ
nounCovers 'crib' as in crib notes: a colloquial word for a sheet or booklet of notes or answers kept for quick reference; keep it to casual speech.
ベビーベッド
nounThe word for a baby's bed — 'crib' in American English, 'cot' in British; the word to use when 'crib' means the piece of nursery furniture.
飼い葉桶かいばおけ
nounCovers 'crib' only in the sense of a manger, a trough holding feed for livestock; for the baby's-bed or cheat-sheet senses of 'crib' it is not the word you want.
まっすぐにすわり、かいばおけをつつく動物どうぶつのように皿さらの上うえにかがみこまない。↗
He sits upright, not crouched over his plate like an animal at a feeding trough.
自習書じしゅうしょ
nounReally means a self-study book or manual; its 'crib' is that bookish sense of a study aid, so for jotted cheat-sheet notes あんちょこ is the better fit.

Use 「ベビーベッド」 for a baby's crib and 寝床 for a bed or berth; 「あんちょこ」 is the colloquial crib sheet, 自習書 a self-study book, and 「飼い葉桶」 a manger.

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