This is the 4492nd most frequent Japanese word.
定住
Settling or permanent residence.
定住 is used here to signify the act of settling permanently in a specific location.
彼はこの町に定住することを決めた。
He decided to settle permanently in this town.
定住 is used here in a negative form to indicate the absence of permanent settlement.
定住せずに、彼らは各地を旅している。
Without settling permanently, they are traveling around various places.
定住 is used here as a past action describing the experience of permanent settlement in an urban context.