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仮住まい (かりずまい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
temporary residence ; temporary housing
Refers to a place where one lives for a short period, often while waiting for permanent housing or during a transition. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to live temporarily'.
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Due to a job transfer, I'll be living in temporary housing for a while.
Written forms 仮かり 住ず まい Usage 88%
Standard spelling; the most common written form.
仮住かりずま い Usage 12%
Simplified variant; less common but still encountered.
仮住居かりずまい
Rare kanji spelling using 居; may be seen in older texts.
Kanji 仮 sham, temporary, interim Similar words 一いち 時じ 的てき な 住じゅう 居きょ A more formal or descriptive phrase meaning 'temporary dwelling'; 仮住まい is the common, everyday term.
仮かり の 宿やど Literary or poetic term for a temporary lodging; 仮住まい is more practical and modern.
Etymology Compound of 仮 (kari, 'temporary') and 住まい (sumai, 'dwelling, living'). The reading ずまい is a rendaku (voicing) of すまい.
