破は屋おくはおくMeanings1noundilapidated house; tumbledown houseRefers to a house that is old, broken-down, or in a state of disrepair. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.村むらはずれに古ふるい破は屋おくが一いっ軒けん残のこっている。There is an old dilapidated house left at the edge of the village.