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I would like to ask about "住まい" meaning. I know that "一番大変" is the hardest.
And I also search about "住まい" and they said it's "address, home, live,
dwelling, residence". But there are no word that suit with "the hardest" and
it's no make sense. Or this is a figurative sentence??

Thank you in advanced.
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What's the meaning of "住まい" in "住まいが一番大変" sentence?
Please don't omit the context and the full sentence. So is this the full
sentence you are asking about?

> 衣食住の中では住、住まいが一番大変。

Then it means "Among 衣食住, 住 is the hardest". 衣食住【いしょくじゅう】 is a compound that
refers to the three basic necessities in our life (衣 = clothing, 食 = eating, 住
= sheltering/housing/housekeeping).

住まい refers to the same thing as 住 here. Since 住 is a short on-reading which
makes little sense in isolation, this person rephrased it as 住まい, which is a
wago that means the same thing.

But what this 住 (= 住まい) actually translates to depends on the context. It may
refer to buying a new physical house, or it may refer to housekeeping jobs
such as cleaning. The sentence may just mean "I like cooking but cleaning my
house is a hard task to me".
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