住まう

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the 未然形 (mizenkei, imperfective stem) of the verb 住む (sumu, to live in, to dwell) and the Old Japanese (auxiliary verb for repetition or succession).

Pronunciation

Verb

住まう (godan conjugation, hiragana すまう, rōmaji sumau, historical hiragana すまふ)

  1. to live at; to dwell; to reside

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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