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不動産 (fudousan) Japanese meaning: real estate | Kotomora

不ふ動どう産さん

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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real estate; immovable property

Refers to land and buildings as property. Common in legal, business, and everyday contexts.

彼かれは不ふ動どう産さん会がい社しゃに勤つとめている。

He works for a real estate company.

この地ち域いきの不ふ動どう産さん価か格かくは上あがり続つづけている。

Real estate prices in this area keep rising.

Usage patterns

不ふ動どう産さんを購こう入にゅうするto purchase real estate
夫ふう婦ふで新あたらしい不ふ動どう産さんを購こう入にゅうした。
The couple purchased a new piece of real estate.
不ふ動どう産さんを所しょ有ゆうするto own real estate
彼かれは都と心しんにいくつかの不ふ動どう産さんを所しょ有ゆうしている。
He owns several pieces of real estate in the city center.
不ふ動どう産さんを売ばい買ばいするto buy and sell real estate
この会かい社しゃは主おもに不ふ動どう産さんを売ばい買ばいしている。
This company mainly buys and sells real estate.
不ふ動どう産さんの価か格かくが上あがるfor real estate prices to rise
都と市し部ぶでは不ふ動どう産さんの価か格かくが上あがり続つづけている。

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
動move, motion, change
産products, bear, give birth

Related words

物ぶっ件けんN1
不動産 is the broad legal/economic term for real estate as a category, while 物件 refers to a specific piece of real estate, like a listing you'd view with an agent.
エステート
不動産 is the standard Japanese term for real estate used in everyday and legal contexts, while エステート is an English loanword mainly seen in business terms like estate management.
土と地ちN3
不動産 is the formal legal/business term for real estate including land and buildings, whereas 土地 refers specifically to the land itself.

Opposites

動どう産さん
不動産 refers to immovable property like land and buildings, while 動産 refers to movable property such as furniture and vehicles.

Don't confuse with

不ふ動どう産さん屋やN1
不動産 means the property or real estate itself, while 不動産屋 refers to the shop or person that deals in it.

Word family· 12

不ふ動どう産さん屋やN1
real estate agent; realtor; real estate agency
不ふ動どう産さん会がい社しゃ
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
不ふ動どう産さん保ほ険けん
real estate insurance

Built from

不ふ動どう+産さん

Etymology

Compound of 不 (not) + 動 (move) + 産 (property), literally 'immovable property'. The term is a direct translation of the Western legal concept of real estate.

Real estate prices keep rising in urban areas.

不ふ動どう産さん所しょ得とく

real estate income

不ふ動どう産さん業ぎょう界かい

real estate industry; property market

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不ふ動どう産さん業ぎょう者しゃ
real estate agent; realtor
不ふ動どう産さん登とう記き
real estate registration; real property register
不ふ動どう産さん融ゆう資し
real-estate financing; real-estate loan
不ふ動どう産さん鑑かん定てい
real estate appraisal
不ふ動どう産さん開かい発はつ
real estate development

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