Vocabulary

What does 住めば都 (すめばみやこ) mean?

住めば都 (すめばみやこ) means any place becomes pleasant once you get used to living there (lit. once you live there, it is the capital).

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any place becomes pleasant once you get used to living there (lit. once you live there, it is the capital)

Example sentences

最初(さいしょ)は不便(ふべん)だと思(おも)ったが、住(す)めば都(みやこ)で、今(いま)ではこの町(まち)が大好(だいす)きだ。
At first I thought it was inconvenient, but once you live somewhere it becomes home, and now I love this town.