Usage patterns 住じゅう 宅たく を 購こう 入にゅう する to purchase a house
The couple purchased a new house together.
住じゅう 宅たく ローンを 組く む to take out a housing loan
I took out a housing loan from the bank and bought a house.
住じゅう 宅たく を 建た てる to build a house
We plan to build a new house on this land.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 住じゅう 宅たく が 建た つ for a house to be built in a place
A new house was built near the station.
Related words· 9 家 is the everyday, colloquial word for house or home, while 住宅 is more formal and typical of official or real-estate contexts.
住居 is a formal legal or administrative term for a dwelling, whereas 住宅 is the everyday word used in real-estate and general contexts.
家屋 emphasizes the physical structure or building itself, while 住宅 focuses on the dwelling as a place to live, often in a broader housing sense.
住宅 is a broad, general term for housing or dwellings including apartments, while 民家 specifically points to an ordinary, often traditional privately-owned house.
Show 5 more Show fewer 住宅 is the everyday Japanese word for a dwelling or residence, while ハウジング is a loanword used in more technical, business, or urban-planning contexts for the same idea.
住宅 is a formal, neutral term for housing or a residence, whereas メゾン is a fashionable loanword rarely used in official or technical contexts.
住宅 refers concretely to a house or housing (e.g. in administrative or real-estate contexts), whereas 住 is the abstract element meaning dwelling or living.
住宅 is the common word for housing or a residence used in real estate and daily life, while 家宅 is a stiff legal term for the same kind of premises.
住宅 is a formal, neutral word for housing or a residence, while ハイム carries a foreign, name-like feel typical of building brand names.
Counted with Counts whole buildings; the formal reading used in official contexts like real-estate listings and hospitals.
Counts whole buildings (one roof); the everyday native reading.
For dwellings as household units, mainly in official or statistical contexts (全 30戸 ).
For houses, shops, and small buildings counted as premises or households.
Word family· 51 residential district; housing area
residential area; residential district
for home use; residential
housing costs; housing expenses
housing shortage
Show 5 more Show fewer pre-owned home; existing home
temporary housing; temporary dwelling
housing reconstruction; rebuilding homes
housing problem; housing issue
housing development; residential complex
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Etymology Compound of 住 (dwelling) and 宅 (house). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used in Japanese for centuries to refer to residential buildings.
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