Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 定住する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 定てい 住じゅう する 定てい 住じゅう しない Polite 定てい 住じゅう します 定てい 住じゅう しません Past polite 定てい 住じゅう しました 定てい 住じゅう しませんでした Past 定てい 住じゅう した 定てい 住じゅう しなかった Te-form 定てい 住じゅう して 定てい 住じゅう しないで Desire 定てい 住じゅう したい 定てい 住じゅう したくない Potential 定てい 住じゅう できる 定てい 住じゅう できない Passive 定てい 住じゅう される 定てい 住じゅう されない Causative 定てい 住じゅう させる 定てい 住じゅう させない Causative passive 定てい 住じゅう させられる 定てい 住じゅう させられない Volitional 定てい 住じゅう しよう Polite volitional 定てい 住じゅう しましょう Imperative 定てい 住じゅう しろ 定てい 住じゅう するな Conditional 定てい 住じゅう すれば 定てい 住じゅう しなければ Tara conditional 定てい 住じゅう したら 定てい 住じゅう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 定てい 住じゅう する to settle permanently in a place
They decided to settle permanently in this village.
定てい 住じゅう の 地ち を 探さが す to look for a place to settle down
The refugees traveled to various countries looking for a place to settle.
定てい 住じゅう を 始はじ める to begin settling down (in a new place)
He began settling down in America.
Kanji 定 determine, fix, establish Related words· 6 移住 focuses on the act of moving to a new place, while 定住 emphasizes staying there permanently once settled.
永住 is often used in legal contexts like 永住権 (permanent residency status), whereas 定住 more broadly describes settling down in daily or social contexts.
定住 means settling down to live permanently in a place, while 定着 covers a broader range including physical sticking, cultural establishment, or technical fixation.
定住 focuses on physically settling down and residing in one place, while 安住 emphasizes the peaceful, contented feeling of living there.
Show 2 more Show fewer 定住 emphasizes settling down permanently in one place, whereas 居住 simply describes residing somewhere without implying permanence.
定住する is a formal term for taking up permanent residence, while 落ち着く can describe settling into a place, job, or lifestyle more generally.
Opposites· 6 放浪 means wandering or roaming without a fixed home, the opposite of 定住 's settling into one place permanently.
定住 means to settle down and live in one fixed place, the opposite of the rootless wandering described by 流浪 .
定住 means to settle down permanently in one place, the opposite of 出稼ぎ 's temporary, return-intending work stay.
Show 3 more Show fewer 定住 means to settle down and live permanently in one place, the opposite of 移住 's sense of relocating elsewhere.
定住 means to settle down permanently in one place, the opposite of 転々 , which describes constantly moving from place to place.
定住 means settling permanently in one place, whereas 遊牧 involves moving from place to place with livestock.
Word family becoming a permanent resident; settling permanently; domiciliation
permanent home; place of settlement
long-term resident; permanent resident
resident population
permanent colony; settlement colony
Etymology Compound of 定 (てい , 'fixed, settled') and 住 (じゅう , 'living, dwelling'). The reading じょうじゅう is a historical variant no longer in common use.
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