宿す
やどす · yadosu
To house, to contain, to harbour (a feeling), to hold (e.g. dew on leaves)
- to carry (a baby), to be pregnant
- to stay (at), to stop (at)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 宿しますやどします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 宿しませんやどしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 宿しましたやどしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 宿しませんでしたやどしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 宿しましょうやどしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 宿しやどし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 宿したいやどしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 宿しながらやどしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 宿してやどして |
| Plain past (た形) | 宿したやどした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 宿したらやどしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 宿しているやどしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 宿さないやどさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 宿さなかったやどさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 宿さなくてやどさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 宿せるやどせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 宿せばやどせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 宿せやどせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 宿そうやどそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 宿されるやどされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 宿させるやどさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 宿させられるやどさせられる |
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What does 宿す mean?
To house, to contain, to harbour (a feeling), to hold (e.g. dew on leaves). It can also mean: to carry (a baby), to be pregnant; to stay (at), to stop (at).
How do you pronounce 宿す?
やどす (yadosu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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