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住すむ

N5
すむ sumu
  1. to live in
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

居住

Examples

  • どうしてアメリカに住すんでいたの?
    Why did he live in the United States?
    你为什么住在美国?
  • ここにかつて住すんでいたのですか。
    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"
  }
}