宿る
やどる · yadoru
To dwell, to live, to remain
- to stay at, to take shelter at, to stop at, to lodge at
- to be pregnant
- to be part of a constellation
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 宿りますやどります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 宿りませんやどりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 宿りましたやどりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 宿りませんでしたやどりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 宿りましょうやどりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 宿りやどり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 宿りたいやどりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 宿りながらやどりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 宿ってやどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 宿ったやどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 宿ったらやどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 宿っているやどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 宿らないやどらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 宿らなかったやどらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 宿らなくてやどらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 宿れるやどれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 宿ればやどれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 宿れやどれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 宿ろうやどろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 宿られるやどられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 宿らせるやどらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 宿らされるやどらされる |
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What does 宿る mean?
To dwell, to live, to remain. It can also mean: to stay at, to take shelter at, to stop at, to lodge at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation.
How do you pronounce 宿る?
やどる (yadoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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