immigrant

Japanese: immigrant
immigrant

…The word immigrant is often used instead of the act of moving, i.e., emigration. In European languages, it is common to distinguish between emigrants (English: emigrant, French: émigré) and immigrants (English: immigrant, French: immigré) depending on the country's status, but this is not yet common in Japan. The words colonization and colonization are used to mean moving to colonies or undeveloped areas under one's own country's sovereignty, but the distinction between these and immigrants was not very clear until the 19th century. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "immigrant" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…移り住む行為すなわち〈移住〉の代りに,移民という言葉を使うことも多い。ヨーロッパの言語では,その国の立場により〈出移民(英語emigrant,フランス語émigré)〉と〈入移民(英語immigrant,フランス語immigré)〉とに分けて使用するのが普通だが,日本ではまだ一般的ではない。〈植民〉〈殖民〉という言葉は,自国の統治権内の植民地や未開拓地に移り住むことに用いるが,19世紀までは移民との区別はそれほど明確ではない。…

※「immigrant」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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