also: やなみ
row of houses; line of houses
Refers to a continuous line of houses along a street or area; often used in descriptions of townscapes.
I strolled through a town where old rows of houses remain.
each house; every house; every door
Used adverbially or as a noun to mean 'house by house' or 'at every house'; often in contexts like visiting or checking every house.
Distribute flyers to every house.
Went around calling out at each house.
家並み focuses on the row of houses themselves, whereas 町並み describes the overall look and atmosphere of a street or town area.
Standard kanji spelling; high news frequency.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still seen.
Rare variant without okurigana.
Alternate kanji using 屋; reading やなみ is rare.
Compound of 家 (いえ, 'house') and 並み (なみ, 'line' or 'row'). The reading やなみ uses the kun'yomi や for 家/屋.