移民

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 移民 is a noun read いみん, meaning immigration or a person who moves to live in another country or region.
• Basic usage: 移民の暮らし concerns immigrants' lives, while 移民として presents someone in the role of an immigrant.
  • 博物館で移民の暮らしを紹介する展示を見た。 describes seeing a museum exhibit about immigrants' lives; 祖父の物語では、一家が移民として海を渡る。 describes a family crossing the sea as immigrants in a grandfather's story.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 移民の暮らし
  • In this context, 移民 refers to the people who migrated.
• 移民として
  • として presents the family in the status or role of immigrants.
• Process and person senses
  • Use the surrounding nouns and verbs to determine whether it refers to migration or to migrants.