住まい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
住
す
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
住居
住 (less common)
住い (uncommon)

Etymology

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 住(す)まう (sumau, “to live at; to dwell; to reside”).

First attested in the 970s.

Pronunciation

Noun

住(す)まい • (sumai) ←すまひ (sumafi)?

  1. residence, dwelling, one's shelter
  2. life, habitation, the act of living in a place
    一人(ひとり)住(ず)まい
    hitori-zumai
    living alone

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “住・住居”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ “住まい”, in デジタル大辞泉 ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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