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.
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.