住まい
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 住 |
| す Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 住居 住 (less common) 住い (uncommon) |
Etymology
editFrom 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): [sɨma̠i]
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- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “住・住居”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “住まい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN