Translation guide
A porch is a covered entrance or outdoor sitting area attached to a house. Japanese homes have similar structures, but the terms differ by style and usage.
The roofed area just outside the front door, often with steps.
Refers to the entrance hall or doorway area, including the step up into the house. Often has a small roof overhang.
Please take off your shoes at the entrance.
Loanword from English, used for Western-style porches, especially in modern homes or when describing foreign houses.
There is a small porch in front of the house.
A covered outdoor space attached to the house, used for relaxing, often with a view of the garden.
Traditional Japanese veranda-like porch, usually wooden, running along the side of the house. Used for sitting and enjoying the garden.
I like sitting on the porch and looking at the garden.
Often refers to a balcony or a roofed terrace, but can be used for a porch-like structure, especially in apartments or modern houses.
Loanword for 'terrace', sometimes used for a paved outdoor sitting area attached to the house, but less specific than porch.
A porch enclosed with screens to keep out insects, common in some countries.
Descriptive phrase meaning 'porch with a screen door/netting'. Not a single word in Japanese.
In summer, it's comfortable to spend time on the screened-in porch.
縁側 is a traditional wooden porch, often found in older Japanese houses. ベランダ usually means a balcony or a roofed terrace, often on upper floors. ポーチ is a modern loanword for a Western-style porch at the entrance.
Eating watermelon on the engawa is a summer tradition.
You can see fireworks from the apartment balcony.
A wooden deck without a roof is usually called デッキ or ウッドデッキ, not ポーチ.
ベランダで朝ごはんを食べました。
I ate breakfast on the porch.
Let's have tea on the porch.