How to say "immigrant" in Japanese

• 移住民いじゅうみん
  nounCovers people who migrate to (or from) another country. A less common variant of 移住者, so learners will more often encounter or want 移住者 instead in ordinary usage.
• 海外移住者かいがいいじゅうしゃ
  nounAn immigrant or emigrant specifically viewed as moving overseas, across national borders. Suits contexts that stress leaving one's home country for life abroad, but it is less common than 移住者.
• 移住者いじゅうしゃ
  nounThe general term for a person who relocates to another country, whether as an immigrant or emigrant. When you need a plain, neutral word for 'immigrant,' this is usually the safest choice.
  移住者いじゅうしゃの部落ぶらくが野蛮やばん人にんによって征服せいふくされ、移住者いじゅうしゃの希望きぼうも生活せいかつも土壇場どたんばにきた時とき、長ながい歳月さいげつをかけての不幸ふこうとのたたかいに終止符しゅうしふがうたれた。↗

  Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
• 入植者にゅうしょくしゃ
  nounMeans a settler or colonist: someone who moves into a new land to establish a community, as in historical colonization. It matches 'immigrant' only loosely, so it is seldom the word you want for ordinary immigrants today.
  新あらたな入植者にゅうしょくしゃ達たちがその広大こうだいな荒野あらのを開拓かいたくした。↗

  The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
• 入国者にゅうこくしゃ
  nounFundamentally means an entrant into a country — a person crossing the border. It appears in immigration and border-control contexts, so it fits 'immigrant' only when the focus is on entering the country, not on settling.

Use 移住者 for people who move countries generally, 海外移住者 when emphasizing movement abroad, 入国者 for border/immigration contexts, 入植者 for historical settlers, and 移住民 as a rarer variant.

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• 移住民いじゅうみんimmigrant
• 海外移住者かいがいいじゅうしゃimmigrant
• 移住者いじゅうしゃemigrant
• 入植者にゅうしょくしゃsettler
• 入国者にゅうこくしゃentrant (into a country)
• 移民いみんimmigrant