Illustration: A resident opens the front door of a modest Japanese apartment and steps into the recessed entrance to remove their shoes. Their own slippers wait on the raised floor, and a cat greets them beside a familiar low cabinet.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

住すまい

sumai

home, residence

Example sentences

  1. ところで、お住すまいはどちらですか。

    By the way, where do you live?

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  2. 東京とうきょうにお住すまいですか。

    Do you live in Tokyo?

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  3. どこにお住すまいですか。

    Where do you live?

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Kanji in 住

  • 住dwell; resideOnジュウ・ヂュウ・チュウKunすむ・すまう

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