移民

• 読み: いみん
• ローマ字: imin
• 漢字の分解: 移 (i) — to move, to shift; 民 (min) — people, folk
• 発音: /i.miɴ/

意味

Immigration; emigration; immigrant; migrant. Refers to the act of moving to another country or a person who does so.

A noun that can function as a suru-verb (移民する). It covers both immigration (moving into a country) and emigration (moving out), as well as the person who migrates. Context determines the direction. Common collocations include 移民政策 (immigration policy) and 移民問題 (immigration issue).

例文

1. 祖父はブラジルに移民した。
2. 移民政策について国会で議論されている。
3. この国は移民を多く受け入れてきた。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, news, history

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 移 (to move, to shift) and 民 (people, folk). Together they mean people who move — migrants.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal