定住|ていじゅうteijuu[0]heiban (flat)
じょうじゅうjoujuu
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsettlement; permanent residency
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 定住する（ていじゅうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 定住します（ていじゅうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 定住しない（ていじゅうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 定住しません（ていじゅうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 定住せず・定住せぬ（ていじゅうせず・ていじゅうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 定住した（ていじゅうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 定住しました（ていじゅうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 定住しなかった（ていじゅうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 定住しませんでした（ていじゅうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 定住して（ていじゅうして） |
| Potential | 定住できる（ていじゅうできる） |
| Passive | 定住される（ていじゅうされる） |
| Causative | 定住させる（ていじゅうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 定住させられる（ていじゅうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 定住すれば（ていじゅうすれば） |
| tara | 定住したら（ていじゅうしたら） |
| Volitional | 定住しよう（ていじゅうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 定住しましょう（ていじゅうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 定住しろ（ていじゅうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym居住きょじゅうWrittenWritten register: living somewhere regardless of how long, while 「定住」 stresses settling there long-term and permanently, as in 「定住外国人」.
- Synonym土着どちゃくWrittenWritten register: settling and taking root in a place until one belongs there, outsiders included; also means indigenous or native, as in 「土着の文化」.
- Related移住いじゅうWrittenWritten register: moving away to live elsewhere; one may well settle after the move, so it opposes 「定住」 only as leaving versus staying.
- Related落ち着くおちつくCasualColloquial: to calm down or to settle somewhere, as in 「田舎に落ち着く」; 「定住」 is the more formal word for permanent settlement.
- Related定着ていちゃくWrittenWritten register: a custom or practice taking root and spreading, or a person staying put; 「定住」 is used only for people settling.
- Related居留きょりゅうWrittenWritten register: living somewhere only temporarily, or residing in a foreign concession, as in 「居留民」; 「定住」 implies long-term settlement.
- Related居着くいつくCasualColloquial: to settle in and stay somewhere for good, as in 「猫が居着く」; 「定住」 is the formal word for permanent settlement.
- Related住み着くすみつくNeutralA neutral verb for moving to a place and making it your home; 「定住」 is a written noun common in administrative contexts.
- Antonym流浪るろうWrittenWritten register: aimless drifting and wandering with no fixed abode — the opposite of 「定住」 in lacking any settled home.
- Antonym遊牧ゆうぼくWrittenWritten register: nomadic herding, moving on in search of water and pasture; the opposite of 「定住」 in having no fixed home.
Use 「定住」 for settling permanently in one place, as in 「定住人口」 or 「地方定住」. For living somewhere in general, use 「居住」; for taking root locally, 「土着」; for making a home after moving, 「住み着く」. 「流浪」 and 「遊牧」 are its opposites, with no fixed abode.
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