棲

Meaning

棲 centers on making a place one's home: living somewhere or dwelling in a location.

• 同棲どうせい
  N1

  cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together

• 棲むすむ

  to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

• 両棲動物りょうせいどうぶつ

  amphibious animal

• 半同棲はんどうせい

  almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner

• 幽棲ゆうせい

  living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses

• 旧棲きゅうせい

  old home; former home; old nest

• 棲み分けすみわけ

  habitat isolation

• 棲遅せいち

  living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

• 水清ければ魚棲まずみずきよければうおすまず

  the morally upright have a hard time making friends; fish will not live in water that is (too) clean

• 爬虫両棲類学はちゅうりょうせいるいがく

  herpetology

• 終の棲家ついのすみか

  one's final abode

• 良禽は木を択んで棲むりょうきんはきをえらんですむ

  a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost

• 隠棲いんせい

  secluded life

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