住み着く

• 読み: すみつく
• ローマ字: sumitsuku
• 漢字の分解: 住 (sumi) — to live, reside; 着 (tsu) — to arrive, become attached
• 発音: /sɯ.mi.tsɯ.kɯ/

意味

To settle down; to take up residence. To establish oneself in a place and remain there long-term.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb combining 住む (to live, reside) and 着く (to arrive, settle into). 住み着く emphasises the act of becoming established in a location — not merely visiting or staying temporarily, but truly putting down roots. It is used for people (この街に住み着く — to settle in this town), animals (野良猫が住み着く — stray cats taking up residence), and metaphorically (不安が心に住み着く — anxiety taking root in one's heart).

例文

1. 旅の途中でこの町の雰囲気が気に入り、そのまま住み着いてしまった。
2. 庭に野良猫が一匹住み着いて、今では家族同然の存在になっている。
3. 幼い頃のトラウマが心に住み着いて、大人になっても影響し続けることがある。

使い方ガイド

場面: migration, daily life, animals, psychology

トーン: neutral to warm

起源と歴史

Compound of 住む (su-mu — to live, reside; ancient Japanese) and 着く (tsu-ku — to arrive, become attached). The 着く component conveys the idea of arriving and sticking — becoming settled rather than merely passing through.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional-Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal