Illustration: Through the open doorway of a compact Japanese apartment, a resident steps out of their outdoor shoes into familiar slippers. A cat waits on the raised entrance floor beside a pair of much smaller shoes.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

住じゅう居きょ

juukyo

residence, dwelling

Example sentences

彼かれは住居じゅうきょに侵入しんにゅうした。
He broke into a house.
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彼女かのじょの住居じゅうきょを尋たずねました。
I asked her for her address.
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彼かれはジャマイカに住居じゅうきょを構かまえた。
He took up residence in Jamaica.
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Kanji in 住居

住dwell; resideOnジュウ・ヂュウ・チュウKunすむ・すまう
居reside; existOnキョ・コKunいる・おる

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