住めば都

Japanese

Kanji in this term
住 都
す
Grade: 3 		みやこ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 住めば (sumeba, “if you live [there]”, the hypothetical conjugation of verb 住む (sumu, “to settle in a place, to live in a place”)) + 都 (miyako, “capital city”).[1][2][3][4] Literally, “if you live there, it's [as good as] the capital”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) すめばみやこ [sùmébá míyákó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sɨme̞ba̠ mʲija̠ko̞]

Proverb

住(す)めば都(みやこ) • (sumeba miyako) 

  1. there's no place like home, home is where you hang your hat

See also

  • 地(じ)獄(ごく)も住(すみ)処(か) (jigoku mo sumika, “even hell can be home”)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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