Translation guide
A pigsty is a place where pigs are kept, often associated with dirt and mess. In Japanese, the direct term is 豚小屋, but it can also be used figuratively to describe a very messy room or place.
Referring to the physical structure where pigs live.
The standard word for a pigsty or pigpen. It literally means 'pig hut'.
Describing a room or area that is extremely untidy, like a pigsty.
While 豚小屋 can be used figuratively, simply saying '豚小屋' alone to mean a messy room might not be immediately understood without context. It's safer to use the simile 豚小屋のように汚い or 豚小屋みたい.
農場の豚小屋は広かった。
The pigsty on the farm was spacious.
A more technical or formal term for a pig house or piggery, often used in agricultural contexts.
There are 50 pigs in this pigsty.
His room is as dirty as a pigsty.
A casual, shortened version meaning 'like a pigsty'. Often used in spoken Japanese.
This room looks like a pigsty, doesn't it?
A slang term combining 'dirty' (汚) and 'room' (部屋), referring to a hoarder's or extremely messy room. Not a direct translation but conveys a similar idea.
Her apartment is a pigsty.