Translation guide
How to refer to a person who lives in a particular place, from a local resident to a legal resident. Japanese uses different words depending on context, formality, and whether you mean a resident of a city, a building, or a country.
To refer to someone who lives in a specific local area, like a city or neighborhood, in everyday conversation.
The most common and neutral word for 'resident' of a city, town, or area. Used in news, official contexts, and daily speech.
The residents of this town are kind.
A meeting was held to hear the residents' voices.
Often used for residents of a specific building or housing complex, like an apartment. Can also mean inhabitant in a broader sense.
Residents of this apartment building cannot keep pets.
Formal term for a resident, often used in legal, administrative, or real estate contexts.
Residents of this area are eligible for subsidies.
To specify someone who lives in a specific building, such as an apartment, dormitory, or house.
Commonly used for residents of apartments, condominiums, or shared housing. Implies membership in a building community.
The resident of the next room is noisy.
Specifically refers to a person who has moved into a residence, often used by landlords or in rental contexts. Focuses on the act of moving in.
To refer to someone who has legal residency status in a country, often for tax, immigration, or administrative purposes.
Means a person residing in a place, often used with a country or city name. Common in official forms and news.
foreign residents in Japan
Residents of this locality are exempt from tax.
Used in legal and tax contexts to mean a resident for tax purposes or official domicile.
Specifically means a permanent resident, someone with permanent residency status.
To distinguish between someone who lives in a place and someone who is just visiting.
To refer to someone who holds a temporary position living at an institution, such as a hospital or university.
Loanword from English, used specifically for medical residents (doctors in training) or artists in residence.
He is a resident at the university hospital.
Japanese term for a medical intern or resident, more formal than レジデント.
Used for an artist in residence.
住民 (じゅうみん) is the most general and common word for a resident of an area. 住人 (じゅうにん) often implies a resident of a specific building or housing unit. 居住者 (きょじゅうしゃ) is formal and used in legal or administrative contexts.
The population of this town is about 10,000 residents.
The apartment residents gathered for a meeting.
Resident registration is required.
The loanword レジデント is only used for specific institutional roles like medical residents or artists in residence. Using it to mean a resident of a city sounds unnatural.
All the residents of this apartment are young.
新しい入居者を募集しています。
We are looking for new residents (tenants).
税法上の居住者として扱われます。
You will be treated as a resident for tax purposes.
彼は日本の永住者です。
He is a permanent resident of Japan.
A hidden spot that only local residents know.
I worked as a resident for three years.
She created works as a resident artist in Kyoto.