住すまいすまいCommon word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1noundwelling; home; residence; addressRefers to the place where someone lives. In polite or formal questions such as お住まい, it can also mean someone's residence or address.See also: 住居 (じゅうきょ)駅えきに近ちかい住すまいを探さがしている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI am looking for a place to live near the station.お住すまいはどちらですか。Break this sentence down in the analyzerWhere do you live?2noun, used as a suffix, nounliving; way of life; residential situationUsed as a noun or suffix for a way or condition of living; as a suffix it is pronounced ずまい, as in 一人住まい, 田舎住まい, and 仮住まい.彼かの女じょは都と内ないで一人ひとり住ずまいをしている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerShe lives alone in Tokyo.田舎いなかでの住すまいにも少すこしずつ慣なれてきた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI have gradually gotten used to living in the countryside.See all 73 example sentences ›Usage patterns〈場ば所しょ〉に住すまいを構かまえるto set up one's home in a place彼かれは京きょう都とに住すまいを構かまえた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe set up his home in Kyoto.住すまいを探さがすto look for a place to live新あたらしい住すまいを探さがしている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI'm looking for a new place to live.お住すまいはどちらですかa polite way to ask where someone lives失しつ礼れいですが、お住すまいはどちらですか。Break this sentence down in the analyzerExcuse me, but where do you live?