居きょ住じゅう

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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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

residence; living; dwelling

Formal term for residing in a place; used in official documents, legal contexts, and formal descriptions. As a suru-verb, it means 'to reside' or 'to live (in a place)'.

彼かれは現げん在ざい、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.
居きょ住じゅう地ちを変へん更こうする場ば合あいは、届とどけ出でが必ひつ要ようです。
If you change your place of residence, notification is required.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に居きょ住じゅうするto reside in 〈場所〉
彼かれは十じゅう年ねん以い上じょう日本にほんに居きょ住じゅうしている。
He has resided in Japan for over ten years.
〈場ば所しょ〉への居きょ住じゅうを許きょ可かするto permit residence in 〈場所〉
政せい府ふはその地ち域いきへの居きょ住じゅうを許きょ可かした。
The government permitted residence in that area.

Kanji

居reside, to be, exist
住dwell, reside, live

Related words· 7

住すむN5
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.
在ざい住じゅう
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.
定てい住じゅう
定住 emphasizes settling down permanently in one place, whereas 居住 simply describes residing somewhere without implying permanence.
在ざい留りゅうN1
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.

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住すまう
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.
永えい住じゅうN1
居住 is the general, neutral word for residing somewhere without any implication of permanence, unlike 永住 which specifically means residing forever.
住じゅうN1
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.

Don't confuse with

移い住じゅうN1
移住 means to migrate or relocate to a new place, while 居住 refers to the ongoing state of already living somewhere.

Word family· 15

居きょ住じゅう者しゃN1
resident; inhabitant
居きょ住じゅう区く
residential area; residential quarter; neighborhood
居きょ住じゅう国こく
country of residence
居きょ住じゅう地ち
place of residence; dwelling place
居きょ住じゅう性せい
liveability; livability

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居きょ住じゅう権けん
right of residence; right to continue living in a property
居きょ住じゅう地ち区く
residential area; residential district; neighborhood
居きょ住じゅう地ち国こく
country of residence; jurisdiction of residence
居きょ住じゅう水すい準じゅん
housing standards; living standards (housing)
居きょ住じゅう空くう間かん
living space

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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.