寓ぐう居きょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

temporary residence; staying temporarily

Literary or formal term for a temporary dwelling or the act of staying somewhere on a non-permanent basis. Often used in written descriptions of someone's lodging situation.

• 彼かれは京きょう都とに寓ぐう居きょして執しっ筆ぴつ活かつ動どうを続つづけた。

  He took up temporary residence in Kyoto and continued his writing.

• その作さっ家かは晩ばん年ねん、鎌かま倉くらに寓ぐう居きょした。

  In his later years, the writer lived temporarily in Kamakura.