宿る
やどる
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to dwell (in); to exist (within); to form
- to stay (at); to stop (at); to lodge (in); to take shelter
- to be in the womb (of an unborn child)
- to be part of a constellation
Kanji
- 宿 lodge. Read as やどる.
Example sentences
- 健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。
A sound mind dwells in a sound body. - 正直者に神宿る。
Honesty is the best policy. - 神は細部に宿る。
God is in the detail. - 細部に神は宿る。
God is in the detail. - トムは言葉には魂が宿ると信じている。
Tom believes that spirits reside within words.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 宿す (やどす) to house (transitive partner)