Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
宿
やど
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. A compound of (ya, house; roof) +‎ 取る (toru, to take). First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

A surface analysis might suggest a derivation from 宿 (yado, inn, hotel, lodging). However, the Old Japanese spelling using man'yōgana was ⟨yado2ru⟩, consistent with the compound derivation above. Meanwhile, the noun 宿 (yado, inn, hotel, lodging) was spelled ⟨yado1, consistent with a derivation from (ya, house; roof) + (to, door, by extension, “house).[2] Consequently, aside from the initial (ya) in both terms, yadoru and yado are not actually directly related to each other.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

宿(やど) (yadorugodan (stem 宿(やど) (yadori), past 宿(やど)った (yadotta))

  1. [from 720] to take shelter
    • 1941, Kyōka Izumi, Numa Fujin [Swamp Woman]‎[3]:
      ()(まつ)(ばら)は、(りょ)(こう)(ちゅう)(なつ)(ひと)()を、(ちか)(づき)()(がく)()(いえ)宿(やど)ったのであった。
      Komatsubara wa, ryokō-chū, natsu no hitoyo o, chikazuki no igakushi no ie ni yadotta no de atta.
      One summer night on his journey, Komatsubara stayed in the house of a doctor friend of his.
  2. [from 759] (figuratively) to be located at; to dwell
    (こと)()宿(やど)パワー
    kotoba ni yadoru pawā
    the power (vested) in words
    (くさ)()宿(やど)(つゆ)
    kusaba ni yadoru tsuyu
    the dew among the grass
    ()()()(ちから)宿(やど)
    fushigi na chikara ga yadoru
    a mysterious power dwells
    (かみ)(さま)(さい)()宿(やど)
    kamisama wa saibu ni yadoru
    God is in the details
  3. [from 1250] (of an unborn child) to be in the mother
    (あか)ちゃん(なか)宿(やど)
    akachan ga onaka ni yadoru
    to be pregnant
    (literally, “a child is in the belly”)

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References edit

  1. ^ 宿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 宿・屋戸・屋外”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN