住めば都

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
住 都
す
Grade: 3 		みやこ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
住めば都 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 住めば (sumeba, “if you live ”, the hypothetical conjugation of verb 住む (sumu, “to settle in a place, to live in a place”)) + 都 (miyako, “capital city”). Literally, “if you live there, it's the capital”.

Pronunciation

Proverb

住(す)めば都(みやこ) • (sumeba miyako) 

  1. there's no place like home, home is where you hang your hat

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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