住めば都

Japanese
Kanji in this term
住 都
す
Grade: 3		 みやこ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 住めば (sumeba, “if you live [there]”, the hypothetical conjugation of verb 住む (sumu, “to settle in a place, to live in a place”)) + 都 (miyako, “capital city”).[1][2][3][4] Literally, “if you live there, it's [as good as] the capital”.

Pronunciation
  • Kun’yomi
    • IPA(key): [sɨᵝme̞ba̠ mʲija̠ko̞]

Proverb

住めば都 (hiragana すめばみやこ, rōmaji sumeba miyako)

  1. there's no place like home, home is where you hang your hat

See also
  • 地 (じ)獄 (ごく)も住 (すみ)処 (か) (jigoku mo sumika, “even hell can be home”)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
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