ほんせき

honseki
Common N2 noun

Translations

1. registered domicile
2. legal domicile

Notes

In Japan, '本籍' refers to a person's registered domicile, which is recorded in the family register (戸籍). It is not necessarily the place where a person currently lives.

Examples

彼のほんせきとうきょうにあります。

Kare no honseki wa Tōkyō ni arimasu.

His registered domicile is in Tokyo.

ほんせきへんこうするつづきをおこないました。

Honsekichi o henkō suru tetsuzuki o okonaimashita.

I completed the procedure to change my registered domicile.

ほんせきせきさいされています。

Honseki wa koseki ni kisai sareteimasu.

The registered domicile is recorded in the family register.