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住民基本台帳法 (じゅうみんきほんだいちょうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

住じゅう民みん基き本ほん台だい帳ちょう法ほう

Meanings

1

Residential Basic Book Act

A Japanese law governing the residential registry system. Used in legal, governmental, and administrative contexts.

住じゅう民みん基き本ほん台だい帳ちょう法ほうに基もとづいて、住じゅう民みん票ひょうが作さく成せいされる。
Resident records are created based on the Residential Basic Book Act.

Kanji

住dwell, reside, live
民people, nation, subjects
基fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines
本book, present, main
台

pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles

帳notebook, account book, album

法method, law, rule

Etymology

Compound of 住民 (resident), 基本 (basic), 台帳 (registry), and 法 (law). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern legal designation.