あばら屋や

noun

dilapidated house; hovel; shack

Refers to a run-down, crumbling house; often used literally but can be self-deprecating.

• 台たい風ふうで古ふるいあばら屋やが倒たおれた。

  The old dilapidated house collapsed in the typhoon.

• 彼かれはあばら屋やを安やすく買かって自じ分ぶんで修しゅう理りした。

  He bought a run-down house cheaply and repaired it himself.

noun

my humble home; my place

Humble expression used to refer to one's own house; often self-deprecating, implying it's a modest or shabby dwelling.

• どうぞ、あばら屋やですがお上あがりください。

  Please come in, though it's just my humble home.

noun

small open-sided shelter

Archaic term for a simple resting place with a roof and pillars but no walls; not used in modern Japanese.

• 昔むかしの旅たび人びとは、野の原はらのあばら屋やで雨あま宿やどりをしたという。

  It is said that travelers of old took shelter from the rain in small open-sided shelters in the fields.