What does 住む mean in Japanese?

住む (すむ) means "to live (somewhere)" in Japanese.

住む

Q: How do you use 住む in a sentence?

大きい家に住むのが夢です。 (おおきいいえにすむのがゆめです。) — Living in a big house is my dream.

Kana: すむ

to live (somewhere)

⛩️ Japanese Level 1 🏃 Actions & Verbs

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大きい家に住むのが夢です。

おおきいいえにすむのがゆめです。

Living in a big house is my dream.

What 住む means

住む (すむ) is a Japanese word meaning “to live (somewhere)”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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するする to do; to make 見るみる to look; to watch; to read 聞くきく to listen 書くかく to write 読むよむ to read 行くいく to go 来るくる to come 買うかう to buy 座るすわる to sit 帰るかえる to return; to go home できるできる can; to know how 好きすき to like

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