Word Meaning 宿

やど yado

宿 is read as やど (yado) and means home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
  2. house
  3. home
  4. dwelling
  5. lodging
  6. inn
  7. hotel

Reading

Kana

やど

Romaji

yado

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 5207 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

宿題

しゅくだい

homework

宿命

しゅくめい

fate

宿屋

やどや

inn

宿直

とのい

night watch

宿主

やどぬし

(parasitic) host

宿る

やどる

to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)

宿す

やどす

to carry (a baby)

宿駅

しゅくえき

relay station

宿場

しゅくば

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway)

宿願

しゅくがん

longstanding desire

合宿

がっしゅく

lodging together

下宿

げしゅく

boarding house

Example Sentences

10

こんやはえきまえのやすいやどにとまる。

I'm staying at a cheap inn in front of the station tonight.

たびのとちゅうでちいさなやどをみつけた。

I found a small inn on the way.

このまちでひとばんやどをかりたい。

I'd like to rent lodging for one night in this town.

かれはおじのいえにげしゅくしている。

He is lodging at his uncle's house.

ふるいおもいでがこころにやどっている。

Old memories dwell in my heart.

そのことばにはふかいいみがやどっている。

Those words contain a deep meaning.

あたらしいいのちがかのじょのおなかにやどった。

A new life has begun in her womb.

このむらはむかし、しゅくばとしてさかえた。

This village once prospered as a relay station.

がっしゅくのやどはうみのちかくにある。

The lodging for the training camp is near the sea.

I don't like homework.