How to say "eviction" in Japanese

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  • 追放ついほうJLPT N1approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbIt means exile, banishment or deportation — being driven out of a country, group or position; 'eviction' is only a peripheral gloss, so this is seldom the word you want for a tenant's removal.
    支配者しはいしゃは打倒だとうされ国外こくがいに追放ついほうされた。↗
    The ruler was overthrown and banished from the country.
  • 立ち退きたちのきCommon
    nounCovers eviction in the landlord-tenant sense: the vacating of a house, apartment or shop, typically because the landlord requires it or the building is to be demolished.
    立ち退たちのきの予告よこくを受うけた。↗
    We received an eviction notice.
  • 追い立ておいたてCommon
    nounThe act of driving someone out of premises or land; it covers ejection and dispossession as well as eviction, with a nuance of people being pushed out rather than simply vacating.

For eviction from rented housing use 「立ち退き」, which frames it as the tenant vacating; 「追い立て」 highlights the forceful driving-out; 追放 is really banishment, expulsion or deportation, matching 'eviction' only marginally.

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