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宿す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	宿やどす	宿やどさない
Polite	宿やどします	宿やどしません
Past polite	宿やどしました	宿やどしませんでした
Past	宿やどした	宿やどさなかった
Te-form	宿やどして	宿やどさないで
Desire	宿やどしたい	宿やどしたくない
Potential	宿やどせる	宿やどせない
Passive	宿やどされる	宿やどされない
Causative	宿やどさせる	宿やどさせない
Causative passive	宿やどさせられる	宿やどさせられない
Volitional	宿やどそう
Polite volitional	宿やどしましょう
Imperative	宿やどせ	宿やどすな
Conditional	宿やどせば	宿やどさなければ
Tara conditional	宿やどしたら	宿やどさなかったら

Pairs with宿る

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

hold; contain; harbor

Used for holding something within: a feeling in one's heart, dew on a leaf, or a substance inside something. Often literary or poetic.

彼かれは心こころに深ふかい悲かなしみを宿やどしている。
He harbors a deep sadness in his heart.
葉はが朝あさ露つゆを宿やどしていた。
The leaves held the morning dew.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

carry a baby; be pregnant

Specifically refers to carrying a child in the womb. More literary than 妊娠する.

彼かの女じょは新あたらしい命いのちを宿やどしている。
She is carrying a new life.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

give lodging; accommodate

archaic

Archaic use for providing a place to stay. Modern Japanese uses 泊める or 宿泊させる.

昔むかし、旅たび人びとを宿やどすことは大たい切せつな務つとめだった。
Long ago, giving lodging to travelers was an important duty.

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Usage patterns

心こころに〈感かん情じょう〉を宿やどすto harbor a feeling in one's heart
彼かの女じょは静しずかな怒いかりを心こころに宿やどしていた。
She harbored a quiet anger in her heart.
お腹なかに命いのちを宿やどすto carry a new life within one's womb
彼かの女じょはお腹なかに新あたらしい命いのちを宿やどしている。
She is carrying a new life within her.
〈人ひと〉を宿やどすto give lodging to someone (archaic)
老ろう夫ふう婦ふは旅たび人びとを一ひと晩ばん宿やどした。
The old couple gave the traveler lodging for the night.
〈物もの〉が光ひかりを宿やどすfor something to hold or contain a glow/light
その宝ほう石せきは不ふ思し議ぎな光ひかりを宿やどしていた。
The jewel seemed to hold a mysterious light within it.

Expressions

子こを宿やどすto be pregnant; to be with child
種たねを宿やどすto be the mother of someone's child
因いん果がの胤たねを宿やどすbecome pregnant with an illegitimate child

Kanji

宿inn, lodging, relay station

Transitive / intransitive

宿やどる
宿す is the transitive verb (someone harbors something), while 宿る is its intransitive counterpart (something dwells or resides within).

Related words

抱いだくN3sense 1
抱く means to hold a feeling or thought in one's heart, much like 宿す, but 抱く is slightly less literary and more commonly used for emotions specifically.
妊にん娠しんN2sense 2
妊娠する is the plain, everyday term for becoming pregnant, whereas 宿す is a literary way of saying one is carrying a child.
泊とめるN2sense 3
泊める is the modern verb for giving someone lodging, while 宿す in this sense is archaic and rarely used today.
はらむN1
宿す emphasizes carrying or harboring something within oneself, including a child, while 孕む more specifically conveys physical swelling or pregnancy, and can also mean containing latent qualities.

Written forms

宿やどすUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
やどすUsage4%

Etymology

Derived from 宿 (やど, 'lodging') + す (verb-forming suffix). The core meaning of providing shelter or holding within extends metaphorically to harboring feelings and carrying a child.