To Live
To Dwell, To Reside
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means dwell, so the verb version means to live, to reside, or of course to dwell. Basically, someone is living somewhere. Where do you live?
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You have a place to live... but not for long. You are being sued (す) out of your house and home so you will have nowhere to dwell.
来年から、東京に住むつもりです。
I'm planning to live in Tokyo next year.
海外に住んでいる人でも、日本のクレジットカードは作れますか？
Can people who live abroad make a Japanese credit card?
中国に住んでいる時に、末の妹が生まれました。
When I was living in China, my youngest sister was born.