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下宿

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

下宿 — “to lodge, to board, to live in a rented room”

下宿 (read げしゅく) means to lodge, to board, to live in a rented room. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

げしゅく

Meaning

to lodge, to board, to live in a rented room

下宿 in a sentence

大学だいがくの近くちかくで下宿げしゅくしています。

I board near the university.

The kanji in 下宿

下below, down
宿lodging

Words that share a kanji with 下宿

下さいください— (with te-form verb) please do for me
靴下くつした— socks
下した— under, below, beneath
地下鉄ちかてつ— underground train, subway
下手へた— unskillful, poor
廊下ろうか— corridor
下がるさがる— to go down, to fall, to drop
下げるさげる— to lower, to bring down, to reduce

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