Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 がマンションに 住す む for someone to live in an apartment/condominium
I live in an apartment near the station.
マンションを 買か う to buy an apartment/condominium
The couple bought a new condominium.
マンションを 借か りる to rent an apartment
Renting an apartment in Tokyo costs a lot of money.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 にマンションが 建た つ for an apartment building to be built in a place
It seems a high-rise apartment building will be built on this vacant lot.
Related words· 10 マンション usually means a larger, modern, concrete mid- or high-rise building, while アパート refers to a smaller, often wooden or steel-frame low-rise building.
マンション usually refers to a single condominium building, while 団地 refers to a larger planned group of buildings, often with shared facilities and public subsidies.
マンション is the everyday Japanese word for an apartment or condominium building, while コンドミニアム specifically stresses that the unit is privately owned rather than rented.
マンション is the everyday word for a condominium or apartment building, while レジデンス sounds more upscale or formal and is often used in building names.
Show 6 more Show fewer マンション is the broad term for an apartment or condominium building, while ワンルームマンション specifically names a one-room studio unit within such a building.
長屋 is an old-fashioned connected row house, whereas マンション is a modern, typically larger and more solidly built condominium building.
マンション usually describes a larger, more modern condominium building, whereas コーポ suggests a smaller or older apartment building.
マンション is the general word for a modern apartment or condominium of any age, whereas 新築マンション specifies that it is newly built.
マンション usually refers to a sturdier, higher-end condominium-style building, whereas ハイツ is a naming word often attached to smaller apartment complexes.
マンション refers to a modern, often larger apartment building in Japan, whereas フラット is a rarer loanword for a flat/apartment used mainly in Western contexts.
Don't confuse with マンション refers to a multi-unit apartment or condominium building, while メゾン means a house and is often used decoratively in building names despite sounding similar.
マンション is a residential condominium/apartment building, whereas 高層ビル is a general term for tall buildings that may be commercial, office, or mixed-use.
貸家 is a whole rental house, whereas マンション is a unit in a larger, modern condominium-style building.
Counted with Use 棟 (とう ) when counting マンション as a building structure.
Used when counting マンション as individual dwelling units or households, e.g. 「マンション一戸」 .
Word family· 13 second-hand condominium; previously owned apartment
condominium; condo; condominium apartment
previously owned but unoccupied condominium
newly built apartment; newly built condominium
one's own apartment
Show 5 more Show fewer rental apartment building; block of rented apartments
high-rise apartment building; tower condominium
apartment salon; salon operating from an apartment
holiday apartment; vacation condo · holiday rental apartment (members-only)
monthly rental apartment
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Etymology Loanword from English 'mansion', but the meaning has shifted in Japanese to refer to a modern apartment building or condominium, not a large, luxurious house.
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