本ほん籍せき

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

registered domicile; legal domicile

Refers to the official address recorded in the family register (戸籍), which may differ from where one actually lives. Often used in legal or administrative contexts.

Usage patterns

本ほん籍せきを移うつすto transfer one's registered domicile
結けっ婚こんを機きに本ほん籍せきを移うつした。
I transferred my registered domicile when I got married.
本ほん籍せき地ちthe place of one's registered domicile
申しん請せい書しょに本ほん籍せき地ちを記き入にゅうしてください。
Please write your registered domicile on the application form.
本ほん籍せきが〈場ば所しょ〉にあるone's registered domicile is located in 〈place〉
私わたしの本ほん籍せきは北ほっ海かい道どうにある。
My registered domicile is in Hokkaido.

Kanji

本book, present, main
籍enroll, domiciliary register, membership

Related words

籍せき
本籍 names one's permanent registered domicile specifically, whereas 籍 is the broader term covering registration in general.

Don't confuse with

戸こ籍せきN1
戸籍 is the actual family register document, while 本籍 is the legal domicile address recorded within that register.
住じゅう民みん票ひょう
住民票 shows where a person actually lives, whereas 本籍 is the official domicile listed in the family register, which may be a different place.

Word family

本ほん籍せき地ち
permanent domicile; registered domicile

Etymology

Compound of 本 (main, original) and 籍 (register, enrollment). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has long been used in Japanese family registration law.