移い住じゅう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

移住する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to relocating one's residence, especially to a distant or foreign place. Can be used for both emigration and immigration depending on context.

Related words· 8

移い民みんN2
移民 refers to the people who emigrate/immigrate or to emigration itself, while 移住 focuses on the act of relocating one's residence.
引ひっ越こしN4
引っ越し is the everyday word for moving house, often locally, whereas 移住 implies a bigger relocation, often to a distant region or another country.
定てい住じゅう
移住 focuses on the act of moving to a new place, while 定住 emphasizes staying there permanently once settled.
植しょく民みん
移住 is the neutral term for settling in a new place, while 植民 specifically implies establishing political or economic control over that place as a colony.

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入にゅう植しょく
移住 is a broader term for relocating one's residence, whereas 入植 specifically implies joining or founding an organized agricultural or colonial settlement.
永えい住じゅうN1
移住 focuses on the act of relocating or migrating to a new place, whereas 永住 focuses on the resulting state of living there permanently.
移い動どうN3
移住 means settling permanently in a new place (migration/immigration), while 移動 just describes the act of moving without implying settling down.
転てん居きょN2

Don't confuse with

居きょ住じゅうN1
移住 means to migrate or relocate to a new place, while 居住 refers to the ongoing state of already living somewhere.
移い植しょくN1
移住 means a person or population relocating to live somewhere new, while 移植 refers to moving a plant, organ, or embryo (or porting software), not people settling elsewhere.