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    3. 住み替える

    住み替える

    住すみ​替かえ​る​

    to move house

    KMT9News #31+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeHome & HousingKanji Vocab24 strokes

    住替える

    すみかえる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to move house, to move to a new house (or apartment, etc.)

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    来らい月げつ、新あたらしい家いえに住すみ替かえる予よ定ていです。

    I plan to move to a new house next month.

    KMT5Home & HousingDaily Life
    子こ供どもが生うまれたのを機きに、より広ひろいマンションに住すみ替かえることにした。

    Taking the opportunity of our child's birth, we decided to move to a larger apartment.

    KMT9Home & HousingFamily & RelationshipsDaily Life
    職しょく場ばが遠とおくなったため、通つう勤きんに便べん利りな場ば所しょに住すみ替かえることを検けん討とうしている。

    Since my workplace became far, I am considering moving to a more convenient location for commuting.

    KMT9Home & HousingWork & CareerDaily Life
    定てい年ねん退たい職しょくを機きに、都と会かいから田いな舎かへと住すみ替かえる夫ふう婦ふが増ふえている。

    An increasing number of couples are moving from the city to the countryside upon retirement.

    KMT9Daily LifeHome & HousingFamily & Relationships
    ライフステージの変へん化かに合あわせて住すみ替かえることは、現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにおいて一いっ般ぱん的てきな選せん択たく肢しとなっている。

    Moving house in accordance with changes in life stage has become a common option in modern society.

    KMT10Home & HousingDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    住
    す.む・す.まう・-ず.まい…(6)
    dwell・reside・live・inhabit
    Kanji
    替
    か.える・か.え-・か.わる…(2)
    exchange・spare・substitute・per-
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
    え
    e
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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