住まい
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 住 |
| す Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 住居 住 (less common) 住い (uncommon) |
Etymology[edit]
From the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 住まう (sumau, “to live at; to dwell; to reside”).[1][2][3][4][5]
First attested in the 970s.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) すまい [súꜜmàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5][6]
- (Tokyo) すまい [sùmáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[6]
- IPA(key): [sɨᵝma̠i]
Noun[edit]
- [from 970s] residence, dwelling, one's shelter
- [from 970s] life, habitation, the act of living in a place
- 一人住まい
- hitori-zumai
- living alone
- 一人住まい
References[edit]
- ^ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “住・住居”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- ^ “住まい”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN