ハイム

noun

home

German-derived word meaning “home.” In Japanese it is not the everyday word for one's home; it is most often encountered in names or advertising-style names for houses, apartment buildings, dormitories, or similar facilities.

from German Heim

• 駅えき前まえに「さくらハイム」という学がく生せい寮りょうがある。

  There is a student dormitory near the station called “Sakura Heim.”

• 広こう告こくには「緑みどりに囲かこまれたハイム」と書かいてあった。

  The advertisement said, “a home surrounded by greenery.”