生息・棲息・栖息|せいそくseisoku[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
生息生息 is the most common written form of this word. It is written entirely in kanji.
棲息棲息 is less common than 生息, but beginners should use it as their default written form. It is written entirely in kanji.
栖息栖息 is less common than 棲息 and is rarely used. Beginners should use 棲息 instead.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbinhabiting; living
    シーラカンスは深海しんかいに生息せいそくする。↗
    The coelacanth inhabits the deep sea.
Conjugation
Dictionary form生息する(せいそくする)
Polite (masu)生息します(せいそくします)
Negative (nai)生息しない(せいそくしない)
polite (masen)生息しません(せいそくしません)
classical zu / nu生息せず・生息せぬ(せいそくせず・せいそくせぬ)
Past (ta)生息した(せいそくした)
polite (mashita)生息しました(せいそくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)生息しなかった(せいそくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)生息しませんでした(せいそくしませんでした)
Te form生息して(せいそくして)
Potential生息できる(せいそくできる)
Passive生息される(せいそくされる)
Causative生息させる(せいそくさせる)
Causative passive生息させられる(せいそくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)生息すれば(せいそくすれば)
tara生息したら(せいそくしたら)
Volitional生息しよう(せいそくしよう)
polite (mashou)生息しましょう(せいそくしましょう)
Imperative生息しろ(せいそくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym生きるいきるNeutralThe most general verb for staying alive — people, animals, plants — as in 「生きる力」; 「生息」 is limited to organisms living in a particular place.
  • Synonym生存せいぞんNeutralSurvival, staying alive, as in 「生存者」; 「生息」 focuses on organisms living and dwelling in a given place.
  • Synonym棲むすむNeutralA verb for animals living or nesting somewhere, as in 「森に棲む鳥」; 「生息」 is a noun with a more academic flavor.
  • Related存するそんするWrittenA written/formal word for existing or remaining, as in 「問題が存する」; 「生息」 is specific to organisms inhabiting a place.

Use 「生息」 for organisms living and dwelling in a place, as in 「生息地」 or 「熊が生息する森」. For animals simply living somewhere, use 「棲む」; for being alive, 「生きる」; for survival, 「生存」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 生物せいぶつが住み着すみついて、生いきていること。
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