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    3. 独居

    独居

    独どっ居きょ

    living alone

    KMT9News #34+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeHome & HousingKanji Vocab17 strokes

    どっきょ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    living alone, solitude, solitary life

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    彼かれは独どっ居きょ老ろう人じんです。

    He is an elderly person living alone.

    KMT7Daily LifeHome & HousingFamily & Relationships
    都と会かいでの独どっ居きょ生せい活かつは寂さびしいこともあります。

    Living alone in the city can sometimes be lonely.

    KMT9Daily LifeHome & HousingEmotions & Psychology
    独どっ居きょに適てきしたコンパクトなアパートを探さがしています。

    I'm looking for a compact apartment suitable for living alone.

    KMT9Home & HousingDaily Life
    独どっ居きょでも、趣しゅ味みを通とおしておおくのゆうじて多んくの友きょう人りゅと交う流ししています。

    Even living alone, I interact with many friends through my hobbies.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    独どっ居きょ世せ帯たいの増ぞう加かは、社しゃ会かい問もん題だいの一ひとつとして認にん識しきされています。

    The increase in single-person households is recognized as one of society's problems.

    KMT10Daily LifeHome & HousingPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    独
    ひと.り…(4)
    single・alone・spontaneously・Germany
    居
    い.る・-い・お.る…(5)
    reside・to be・exist・live with
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