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I wrote the sentence:

> 一応、私の日本人妻の親と同居しています。

The appropriate word to use is 「一時的に」as suggested by a native speaker.
However, when I asked the difference between the two words, I wasn't given an
answer. As far as I understand, both words mean "tentatively" or "for the time
being". Is this not correct?
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What is the difference between 「一応」and 「一時的に」
「[一応]{いちおう}」 would actually be a much more difficult word for a J-learner to
use than a search in a dictionary might suggest. That is because, in informal
speech, we use the word for meanings that are not listed in the dictionary.

Some years ago, I was hospitalized in Tokyo for a tonsillectomy. A day before
my operation, my main doctor visited me in my room and introduced herself by
saying:

「一応、私が[主治医]{しゅじい}の (last name) といいます。」 *主治医 = "doctor in charge"

「一応」, in this context, only meant "well", if I were to "translate" it. It was
only a sign of humbleness on her part. None of the dictionary definitions
would apply here: "tentatively", "roughly", "for the time being", "briefly",
etc.

> 「一応、私の日本人妻の親と同居しています。」

is not such a bad sentence, especially if the reason for that living
arrangement has already been explained prior to this sentence. It would have
been better if you had said 「今は一応」 after a brief explanation of your reason
instead of just 「一応」.

If you had described your living arrangement ONLY with this sentence, however,
then using a more concrete expression like 「[一時的]{いちじてき}に」 would have been
more desirable than using a vague word like 「一応」.
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一応 is "as a quick, dirty, incomplete [resolution / strategy / answer /
explanation]", and implies that there's a better way to do/explain/resolve
something.

Examples:

> 「元気？」「一応。」 (implies something is preventing him from saying he's 100% fine)
>
> 「宿題やった？」「一応。」 (he has done his homework, but not perfectly)

Your sentence:

> 一応、私の日本人妻の親と同居しています。

Depending on the context, 一応 in this sentence means either "To put it plainly,
..." or "I know this is not good, but for now ...".

一時的に simply means "temporarily".
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