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一人暮らし (ひとりぐらし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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I started living alone after becoming a university student.
Usage patterns 一ひと 人り 暮ぐ らしをする to live alone
I started living alone when I entered university.
一ひと 人り 暮ぐ らしを 始はじ める to start living alone
I'm planning to start living alone next month.
一ひと 人り 暮ぐ らしに 慣な れる to get used to living alone
It was lonely at first, but I gradually got used to living alone.
一ひと 人り 暮ぐ らしをやめる to stop living alone
I stopped living alone when I got married.
Kanji 暮 evening, twilight, season's end 独 single, alone, spontaneously Related words 独居 is a more formal, often clinical term for living alone (e.g. of the elderly), while 一人暮らし is the everyday word anyone uses for their own living situation.
一人暮らし is the everyday, colloquial way to say 'living alone', while 一人住まい sounds slightly more formal or literary.
Opposites 同居 means living together with someone (family, a partner, etc.), the opposite of 一人暮らし, living alone.
Don't confuse with 独身 describes marital status (being unmarried), whereas 一人暮らし describes the living arrangement of living alone regardless of marital status.
単身赴任 specifically means living alone away from one's family due to a work transfer, while 一人暮らし is the general term for any solo living situation.
一人暮らし means living alone (a lifestyle), whereas 一人旅 means traveling alone (a trip); learners sometimes confuse the two 一人〜 compounds.
Written forms 一人ひとり 暮ぐ らし Usage 62%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common and recommended form.
ひとり 暮ぐ らし Usage 17%
search-only kanji form
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for readability or stylistic reasons.
１ひと 人り 暮ぐ らし Usage 9%
Variant using the numeral １ instead of 一; seen in informal writing.
Etymology Compound of 一人 (ひとり, 'one person') + 暮らし (くらし, 'living', the continuative form of 暮らす 'to live'). The reading ぐらし is a sequential voicing (連濁) of くらし.
独ひと り 暮ぐ らし
Usage 5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 独り emphasizes 'alone' but is uncommon for this compound.
