Illustration: Under the sheltered eaves of a small Japanese bicycle repair shop, a swallow returns to a mud nest with food in its beak. Several chicks rise from the grass-lined hollow, while another adult rests against the nest’s rim.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

住処すみか

sumika

dwelling, habitat

Used for both people’s homes and animals' habitats. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 賢かしこいウサギは、３つの住処すみかを持もっている。

    A clever rabbit has three burrows.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 残飯ざんぱんの屑くずは害虫がいちゅうの住処すみかになる。

    Garbage harbors vermin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 勘平かんぺいは、すべてを飲のみ込こみ、金かねを用立ようだてすると約束やくそくし、現在げんざいの住処すみかを教おしえる。

    Kanpei understands everything, promises to come up with the money and tells SENZAKI where he lives.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 住処

  • 住dwell; resideOnジュウ・ヂュウ・チュウKunすむ・すまう
  • 処dispose; manageOnショKunところ・おる

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