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make their home

Japanese translation: 暮らしている

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English term or phrase:make their home
Japanese translation:暮らしている
Entered by: cinefil

02:19 May 15, 2010
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: make their home
where more than two million people have made their home

フランクフルト都市圏の文脈です。
ここの人口は約230万人、ドイツの平均世帯人数は2.3ですから200万の住宅があるわけではないと思うのです。

200万人以上の住民が暮らしている？
cinefil
Japan
Local time: 20:44
暮らしている
Explanation:
Cinefilさんのご理解のとおりだとおもいます。

=where more than two mil. people can call home.
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Miho Ohashi
Japan
Grading comment
ありがとうございました。
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4暮らしている
Miho Ohashi
4人口は200万人を超えます
Yuki Okada


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
暮らしている


Explanation:
Cinefilさんのご理解のとおりだとおもいます。

=where more than two mil. people can call home.

Miho Ohashi
Japan
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
ありがとうございました。

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yuki Okada
9 mins
  -> ありがとうございます。
agree  Akiko Sasanuma Howard (X)
51 mins
  -> ありがとうございます。
agree  Y. K.
4 hrs
  -> ありがとうございます。
agree  Aogara
9 hrs
  -> ありがとうございます。
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
人口は200万人を超えます


Explanation:
このhomeは家屋という意味ではなくて、make (someone's) home でどこそこに住んでいる、どこそこを住処にしている、という成句です。実際230万人であれば、200万人以上で、ちゃんとつじつまが合います。

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 04:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 24
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