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居住 (きょじゅう, kyojuu) Japanese meaning: residence | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 居住する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 居きょ 住じゅう する 居きょ 住じゅう しない Polite 居きょ 住じゅう します 居きょ 住じゅう しません Past polite 居きょ 住じゅう しました 居きょ 住じゅう しませんでした Past 居きょ 住じゅう した 居きょ 住じゅう しなかった Te-form 居きょ 住じゅう して 居きょ 住じゅう しないで Desire 居きょ 住じゅう したい 居きょ 住じゅう したくない Potential 居きょ 住じゅう できる 居きょ 住じゅう できない Passive 居きょ 住じゅう される 居きょ 住じゅう されない Causative 居きょ 住じゅう させる 居きょ 住じゅう させない Causative passive 居きょ 住じゅう させられる 居きょ 住じゅう させられない Volitional 居きょ 住じゅう しよう Polite volitional 居きょ 住じゅう しましょう Imperative 居きょ 住じゅう しろ 居きょ 住じゅう するな Conditional 居きょ 住じゅう すれば 居きょ 住じゅう しなければ Tara conditional 居きょ 住じゅう したら 居きょ 住じゅう しなかったら
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は
現げん
在ざい
、
東とう
京きょう
に
居きょ
住じゅう
し
て
い
ます
。
He currently resides in Tokyo.
If you change your place of residence, notification is required.
Related words· 7 住む is the common everyday verb for living somewhere, while 居住 is the formal, often legal or written term for the same act.
在住 is used almost exclusively to state that someone currently resides in a specific place (e.g. 東京在住), while 居住 is the broader formal term for the act or state of dwelling.
定住 emphasizes settling down permanently in one place, whereas 居住 simply describes residing somewhere without implying permanence.
居住 refers to the act of dwelling in a place (often a home or region), while 在留 emphasizes one's official status of being present in a country, especially as a foreigner.
Show 3 more 居住する is a formal, bureaucratic term used in official or legal contexts, whereas 住まう has a literary, almost poetic feel.
居住 is the general, neutral word for residing somewhere without any implication of permanence, unlike 永住 which specifically means residing forever.
居住 is a formal noun for the act or status of residing somewhere, while 住 is a bound morpheme meaning the living/housing aspect of life.
Etymology Compound of 居 (reside) and 住 (live), both carrying the meaning of dwelling. The word is a Sino-Japanese term (kango) used in formal contexts.
ち
place of residence; dwelling place
Show 5 more right of residence; right to continue living in a property
residential area; residential district; neighborhood
country of residence; jurisdiction of residence
housing standards; living standards (housing)
living space
