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ステイホーム Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ステイホーム

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Meanings

1

staying at home

Loanword from English 'stay home', widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic to refer to the practice of staying home to avoid infection.

from English stay home

週しゅう末まつはステイホームで映えい画がを見みて過

す

ごし

た

。

I spent the weekend staying at home watching movies.

Word family

ステイホーム令れい
stay-home order; stay-at-home order

Built from

ステイ+ホーム

Written forms

ステイ・ホーム
- ステイホーム
  Variant with a middle dot, sometimes seen in written materials.
- ステイ・ホーム

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'stay home', popularized in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic.