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住宅難

Reading

Kana: じゅうたくなん
Romaji: jūtakunan
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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housing shortage

Kanji

Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Reading: タク
Meanings: home, house, residence, our house, my husband
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

Example Sentence

外国人(がいこくじん)労働者(ろうどうしゃ)流入(りゅうにゅう)が、この地域(ちいき)深刻(しんこく)住宅難(じゅうたくなん)()()こした。
➥The influx of foreign workers has caused a serious housing problem in this area.
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