棲
棲

live, dwell

12 strokesGrade 9

On

セイ

Kun

す.む

Nanori

ずみ

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住まうすまう住う棲まうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #6617
1

to live; to reside; to inhabit

Examples
言葉は人となって、私たちの間に住まわれた。
The word became flesh and lived for a while among us.
生息棲息せいそく栖息NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #11685
1

inhabiting; living

Examples
シーラカンスは深海に生息する。
The coelacanth inhabits the deep sea.
棲むすむ栖むIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #13808
1

to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest

Examples
コロンブスがアメリカ大陸を発見したとき、バイソン（アメリカ野牛）は、広大な地域に棲んでいた。
When Columbus discovered America, bison (American buffalo) inhabited a wide-ranging area.
同棲どうせいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #14070
1

cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together

Examples
二人は結婚する前に二年間同棲した。
They lived together for two years before they got married.
住処住みか住家棲家すみか棲み処栖NounFreq #15668
1

dwelling; house; home; residence; abode; habitat

Examples
残飯の屑は害虫の住処になる。
Garbage harbors vermin.
2

den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest

群生ぐんせいNounFreq #29717
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

growing en masse in one location (of plants)

2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb; Also written as 群棲

living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.

3

Buddhism

all living creatures

共生きょうせい共棲NounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #32929
1

coexistence; living together

2

Biology

symbiosis

3

Geology

paragenesis

水生水棲すいせいNoun～の Adj.Freq #42966
1

aquatic (life); living in the water

生息地棲息地せいそくちNounFreq #45503
1

habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)

Examples
北極熊は極地の氷原に住んでいるのだが、生息地を失い、絶滅するであろう。
The polar bear, which lives on the polar ice-cap, will lose its home and die out.
両生類両棲類りょうせいるいNounFreq #56820
1

amphibia; amphibian

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