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to live, inhabit
A Japanese person may ask you, “ ” osumai wa dochira desu
JŪ/su(mu) ka? (Where do you live?). To respond, you would use the verb sumu (live) in your
answer. When you purchase a cell phone, you will be asked to write your
jūsho (address) in the agreement form.
Radical: ⺅ Number of strokes: seven
place, location
The word tokoro is a general word that refers to a place (or places). basho is
also used to refer to a place or location. Taking a closer look at this kanji, you can see
SHO/tokoro it is composed of two parts; the radical on the left means “door.”
Radical: ⼾ Number of radicals: eight
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