移い民みん

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移民する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	移い民みんする	移い民みんしない
Polite	移い民みんします	移い民みんしません
Past polite	移い民みんしました	移い民みんしませんでした
Past	移い民みんした	移い民みんしなかった
Te-form	移い民みんして	移い民みんしないで
Desire	移い民みんしたい	移い民みんしたくない
Potential	移い民みんできる	移い民みんできない
Passive	移い民みんされる	移い民みんされない
Causative	移い民みんさせる	移い民みんさせない
Causative passive	移い民みんさせられる	移い民みんさせられない
Volitional	移い民みんしよう
Polite volitional	移い民みんしましょう
Imperative	移い民みんしろ	移い民みんするな
Conditional	移い民みんすれば	移い民みんしなければ
Tara conditional	移い民みんしたら	移い民みんしなかったら

Meanings

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

immigration; emigration; migration

Refers to the act or process of people moving to another country, either from the perspective of the destination (immigration) or the origin (emigration). Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to immigrate/emigrate'.

彼かれの家か族ぞくはカナダに移い民みんした。
His family immigrated to Canada.
移い民みん政せい策さくについて議ぎ論ろんする。
We discuss immigration policy.

noun

immigrant; emigrant; migrant

Refers to a person who has moved to another country. Can be used for both immigrants and emigrants depending on context.

彼かれはアメリカからの移い民みんだ。
He is an immigrant from the United States.
多おおくの移い民みんが新あたらしい生せい活かつを始はじめた。
Many immigrants started a new life.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に移い民みんするto immigrate to (a place)
彼かれの祖そ父ふはアメリカに移い民みんした。
His grandfather immigrated to America.
〈場ば所しょ〉から移い民みんするto emigrate from (a place)
多おおくの人ひと々びとが貧ひん困こんから逃のがれるためにその国くにから移い民みんした。
Many people emigrated from that country to escape poverty.
移い民みんを受うけ入いれるto accept/take in immigrants
その国くには毎まい年ねん多おおくの移い民みんを受うけ入いれている。
That country accepts many immigrants every year.
移い民みんが増ふえる／減へるthe number of immigrants increases/decreases
近きん年ねん、都と市し部ぶへの移い民みんが増ふえている。
In recent years, the number of immigrants to urban areas has increased.

Kanji

移shift, move, change
民people, nation, subjects

Related words

移い住じゅうN1sense 1
移住 is the broader term for relocating one's residence, even within the same country, while 移民 specifically means crossing an international border.
移い住じゅう者しゃ sense 2
移住者 refers to anyone who relocates their residence, whereas 移民 specifically denotes a person who has crossed a national border to settle abroad.
出で稼かせぎ
移民 means someone who immigrates and settles permanently, while 出稼ぎ refers to working away from home temporarily with plans to return.
亡ぼう命めいN1
移民 is the neutral word for an immigrant or emigrant moving for economic or personal reasons, whereas 亡命 carries a specifically political motive.

Opposites

先せん住じゅう民みん
先住民 refers to the original inhabitants of a land, while 移民 refers to people who later immigrated or settled there.

Don't confuse with

難なん民みんN1sense 2
難民 means a refugee forced to flee danger or persecution, while 移民 refers more generally to a migrant who often moves voluntarily, e.g. for work.
ボートピープル
移民 means immigrants who move voluntarily to settle abroad, while ボートピープル are refugees fleeing danger by boat, not economic migrants.
植しょく民みん
移民 refers to individuals who emigrate/immigrate for personal reasons, while 植民 refers to the organized act of establishing a colony, often under state control.
永えい住じゅうN1
移民 refers to immigrants or the act of immigrating (movement of people across borders), while 永住 refers to the state of settling permanently once already living somewhere.

Word family· 10

反はん移い民みん
anti-immigration
移い民みん団だん
group of emigrants; colonists
移い民みん官かん
immigration officer
移い民みん局きょく
immigration office; immigration bureau
移い民みん法ほう
immigration law

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不ふ法ほう移い民みん
illegal immigration · illegal immigrant
移い民みん二に世せい
second-generation immigrant
移い民みん問もん題だい
immigration issue; immigration problem
移い民みん政せい策さく
immigration policy
移い民みん労ろう働どう者しゃ
migrant worker

Etymology

Compound of 移 (i, 'move') + 民 (min, 'people'). The term is a relatively modern coinage from the Meiji era, used to translate Western concepts of migration.