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    3. 宿る

    宿る

    宿やどる​

    to dwell (in)

    KMT10News #34+1Ref L2Verb, IntransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    やどる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to dwell (in), to exist (within), to form
    2.
    to stay (at), to stop (at), to lodge (in), to take shelter
    3.
    to be in the womb (of an unborn child)
    4.
    to be part of a constellation

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    彼かれの目めには悲かなしみが宿やどっていた。

    Sadness dwelled in his eyes.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    この古ふるい木きには神かみ様さまが宿やどると信しんじられている。

    It is believed that a god dwells in this old tree.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment
    その芸げい術じゅつ作さく品ひんには、作さく者しゃの魂たましいが深ふかく宿やどっているようだ。

    The artist's soul seems to deeply dwell within that work of art.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんの神しん道とうでは、自し然ぜんのあらゆるものに神かみが宿やどると考かんがえられている。

    In Japanese Shinto, it is believed that gods dwell in all things in nature.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment
    古ふるいお守まもりには、持もち主ぬしの願ねがいが宿やどると言いわれている。

    It is said that the wishes of the owner dwell in old amulets.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    宿
    やど・やど.る・やど.す…(4)
    inn・lodging・relay station・dwell・lodge…(3)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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