N11474/3019

いとな

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

  • to run (a business), to operate, to conduct, to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
  • to carry out, to perform, to lead (a life)
  • to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

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Example sentences

祖父そふ長年ながねんにわたってちいさな旅館りょかんいとなんでいた

My grandfather had been running a small inn for many years.

彼女かのじょ都心としん法律ほうりつ事務所じむしょいとなんでいる

She operates a law firm in the city center.

その地域ちいき人々ひとびと農業のうぎょういとなみながら自給自足じきゅうじそく生活せいかつおくってきた。

The people of that region have been practicing agriculture and living a self-sufficient life.

資金しきん不足ぶそくのため、事業じぎょういとなむことむずかしくなってきた。

Due to a lack of funds, it has become difficult to run the business.

寺院じいんでは毎年まいとしこの時期じき先祖せんぞ供養くようするための儀式ぎしきおごそかにいとなまれる

Every year at this time, a solemn ceremony is held at the temple to honor the ancestors.