宿る

From Old Japanese. A compound of 屋 (ya, “house; roof”) +‎ 取る (toru, “to take”). First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720.^[1]

A surface analysis might suggest a derivation from 宿 (yado, “inn, hotel, lodging”). However, the Old Japanese spelling using man'yōgana was ⟨yado₂ru⟩, consistent with the compound derivation above. Meanwhile, the noun 宿 (yado, “inn, hotel, lodging”) was spelled ⟨yado₁, consistent with a derivation from 屋 (ya, “house; roof”) + 戸 (to, “door”, by extension, “house”).^[2] Consequently, aside from the initial 屋 (ya) in both terms, yadoru and yado are not actually directly related to each other.

• (Tokyo) やどる (Nakadaka – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

宿(やど)る • (yadoru) godan (stem 宿(やど)り (yadori), past 宿(やど)った (yadotta))

1. to take shelter
   • 1941, Kyōka Izumi, Numa Fujin [Swamp Woman]‎:

     小(こ)松(まつ)原(ばら)は、旅(りょ)行(こう)中(ちゅう)、夏(なつ)の一(ひと)夜(よ)を、知(ちか)己(づき)の医(い)学(がく)士(し)の家(いえ)に宿(やど)ったのであった。

     Komatsubara wa, ryokō-chū, natsu no hitoyo o, chikazuki no igakushi no ie ni yadotta no de atta.

     One summer night on his journey, Komatsubara stayed in the house of a doctor friend of his.

2. (figuratively) to be located at; to dwell

   言(こと)葉(ば)に宿(やど)るパワー

   kotoba ni yadoru pawā

   the power (vested) in words

   草(くさ)葉(ば)に宿(やど)る露(つゆ)

   kusaba ni yadoru tsuyu

   the dew among the grass

   不(ふ)思(し)議(ぎ)な力(ちから)が宿(やど)る

   fushigi na chikara ga yadoru

   a mysterious power dwells

   神(かみ)様(さま)は細(さい)部(ぶ)に宿(やど)る

   kamisama wa saibu ni yadoru

   God is in the details

3. (of an unborn child) to be in the mother

   赤(あか)ちゃんがお腹(なか)に宿(やど)る

   akachan ga onaka ni yadoru

   to be pregnant

   (literally, “a child is in the belly”)

• 雨(あま)宿(やど)り (amayadori)
• 正(しょう)直(じき)の頭(こうべ)に神(かみ)宿(やど)る (shōjiki no kōbe ni kami yadoru)