How to say "occupancy" in Japanese

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  • 占有せんゆうCommon
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers occupancy as the act or state of holding or occupying something, alongside its senses of possession and occupation. Choose this for occupancy itself, not for any measured rate or percentage.
    現実げんじつの占有せんゆうは九きゅう分ふんの勝ち目かちめ。↗
    Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
  • 占有率せんゆうりつ
    nounCovers occupancy only as a rate or proportion, an occupancy rate, and also means share, as of a market. Use this when the English refers to a percentage, not the act of occupying.

Use 占有 for occupancy as the act or state of possessing or occupying something; use 占有率 when you mean a measured rate or share, such as an occupancy rate or market share.

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