骨ほねを埋うずめる

expression, ichidan verb

make a place one's final home; settle somewhere for life

Idiomatic expression meaning to choose a place to live out the rest of one's life, often with the implication of being buried there. Used for permanent relocation or lifelong commitment to a location.

• 彼かれは日本にほんに骨ほねを埋うずめる覚かく悟ごで移い住じゅうした。

  He moved to Japan with the resolve to make it his final home.

• この町まちに骨ほねを埋うずめるつもりです。

  I intend to settle in this town for the rest of my life.

expression, ichidan verb

devote one's life to; do something for the rest of one's life

Figurative extension: to dedicate oneself entirely to a pursuit or cause until death. Often used with ～に骨を埋める, where the object is the activity or field.

• 彼かれは教きょう育いくに骨ほねを埋うずめる人じん生せいを選えらんだ。

  He chose a life devoted to education.

• 研けん究きゅうに骨ほねを埋うずめる覚かく悟ごはありますか。

  Are you prepared to devote your life to research?