バラック

noun

shack; shanty; hut; temporary shelter

Refers to a roughly built, often temporary dwelling. The word is a loan from English 'barrack' but in Japanese it typically means a makeshift shack, not a military barracks.

• 地じ震しんの後あと、人ひと々びとはバラックで暮くらしていた。

  After the earthquake, people were living in shacks.

• 川かわのそばに古ふるいバラックが並ならんでいる。

  Old shanties line the river.

noun

barracks

Rarely used for military barracks; the more common word is 兵舎 (へいしゃ). This sense is mostly historical or in translated contexts.

• その小しょう説せつでは、兵へい士したちは古ふるいバラックに寝ね泊とまりしていた。

  In the novel, the soldiers were quartered in old barracks.