移民|いみんimin[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbimmigration; emigration
  2. nounimmigrant; emigrant
    The German Chancellor is plagued by immigration problems.
    合衆国がっしゅうこくは長ながい間あいだ「るつぼ」として知しられているが、それは国民こくみんのほとんどが移民いみんの子孫しそんだからである。↗
    The United States has long been known as a "melting pot" because most of its people are descended from immigrants.
Conjugation
Dictionary form移民する(いみんする)
Polite (masu)移民します(いみんします)
Negative (nai)移民しない(いみんしない)
polite (masen)移民しません(いみんしません)
classical zu / nu移民せず・移民せぬ(いみんせず・いみんせぬ)
Past (ta)移民した(いみんした)
polite (mashita)移民しました(いみんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)移民しなかった(いみんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)移民しませんでした(いみんしませんでした)
Te form移民して(いみんして)
Potential移民できる(いみんできる)
Passive移民される(いみんされる)
Causative移民させる(いみんさせる)
Causative passive移民させられる(いみんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)移民すれば(いみんすれば)
tara移民したら(いみんしたら)
Volitional移民しよう(いみんしよう)
polite (mashou)移民しましょう(いみんしましょう)
Imperative移民しろ(いみんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related移入いにゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Bringing in or transferring in goods, population etc.; stresses the act of import, while 移民 stresses the people relocating across borders.
  • RelatedマイグレーションNeutralLoanword for migration; mostly IT data migration or bird migration — not specifically about people.
  • Related移住民いじゅうみんWrittenWritten/formal prose. People who have moved to settle somewhere, as a group; can cover domestic movers too. Rare in use — everyday speech prefers 「移住者」.
  • Related移住者いじゅうしゃNeutralA person who has moved to live somewhere, e.g. 「地方への移住者」; not limited to moving abroad, whereas 移民 implies crossing national borders.

Use 「移民」 for permanent relocation across national borders or the people who do it, as in 「移民政策」 and 「ブラジル移民」. For domestic movers say 「移住者」; 「マイグレーション」 fits data migration. 「移入」 is the act of bringing things in.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 外国がいこくから恒久こうきゅう的てきに移住いじゅうしてきた者もの。
  2. 外国がいこくに恒久こうきゅう的てきに移住いじゅうする者もの。
  3. 外国がいこくから恒久こうきゅう的てきに移住いじゅうしてくること。
  4. 外国がいこくに恒久こうきゅう的てきに移住いじゅうすること。
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