住人|じゅうにんjuunin[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundweller; inhabitant; resident
   その町まちの住人じゅうにんは全滅ぜんめつした。↗

   The population of the town was wiped out.
2. nounuser (of a website)

• Synonym住民じゅうみんNeutralResidents of an area or district; also a legal term, as in 「地域住民」 and 「住民票」. 「住人」 focuses on the people living in a particular building or place.
• Synonym居住者きょじゅうしゃNeutralA person who lives somewhere, but leans legal or statistical, as in 「居住者専用」. 「住人」 is broader and works in both speech and writing.
• Antonym訪問者ほうもんしゃNeutralA visitor — someone who comes to visit, the opposite of 「住人」.
• Antonym来訪者らいほうしゃWrittenWritten or formal word for a caller or visitor, set against 「住人」, who actually lives there.

Use 「住人」 for the people living in a place, as in 「アパートの住人」. For residents of an area or in legal contexts say 「住民」; for a legal or statistical slant, 「居住者」. The opposite is 「訪問者」.

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1. その土地とち・家いえに住すんでいる人ひと。