住む
N5すむ sumu
- to live in
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
居住
Examples
- どうしてアメリカに住んでいたの?Why did he live in the United States?你为什么住在美国?
- ここにかつて住んでいたのですか。Did you use to live here?你以前住在这里吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d671097071'); // 住む
{
"id": "d671097071",
"word": "住む",
"reading": "すむ",
"romaji": "sumu",
"meanings": [
"to live in"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"v5m",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1334040,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "どうしてアメリカに住んでいたの?",
"furigana": "どうしてアメリカに{住|す}んでいたの?",
"en": "Why did he live in the United States?",
"tatoeba_id": 201568
},
{
"ja": "ここにかつて住んでいたのですか。",
"furigana": "ここにかつて{住|す}んでいたのですか。",
"en": "Did you use to live here?",
"tatoeba_id": 224491
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6d45a5425d60b14a0269c2c526ae9e4de4584102755821100500354fd08b2252",
"meanings": [
"居住"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "どうしてアメリカに住んでいたの?",
"zh": "你为什么住在美国?"
},
{
"ja": "ここにかつて住んでいたのですか。",
"zh": "你以前住在这里吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/d671097071",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "d09656fa375e14b2ff22e9c3c86ac7636ad33cc7e48f832e2be341fed3581616"
}
}