西せい洋よう館かん

noun

Western-style house; Western-style building

Typically refers to Western-style houses built in Japan, especially those from the Meiji to early Showa periods (pre-WWII). Often implies a certain historical or architectural charm.

• この町まちには古ふるい西せい洋よう館かんがいくつか残のこっている。

  Several old Western-style houses remain in this town.

• あの西せい洋よう館かんは明めい治じ時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  That Western-style building was built in the Meiji period.