Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 家か 屋おく が 倒とう 壊かい する houses/buildings in a place collapse
Many houses collapsed due to the earthquake.
家か 屋おく を 取と り 壊こわ す to demolish a house/building
They plan to demolish the old house and build a new building.
家か 屋おく を 所しょ 有ゆう する to own a house/building
Many people in this area own their own houses.
家か 屋おく が 全ぜん 焼しょう する a house/building burns down completely
The house was completely destroyed by fire.
Related words 家 is the everyday word for a house or home, while 家屋 is a more formal or technical term used in legal, tax, or architectural contexts.
建物 refers to any building, residential or not, whereas 家屋 specifically denotes a house or residential structure.
住宅 emphasizes a dwelling as a place people live, while 家屋 is a more neutral, structural term often used in official documents.
家屋 is a formal or legal term for a residential building used in official documents, whereas 民家 is the everyday word for an ordinary private home.
Counted with Counts whole buildings (one roof); the everyday native reading.
For houses, shops, and small buildings counted as premises or households.
Word family house tax
house registry; housing registry
Japanese-style house
wooden house; frame house
detached house; single-family home
earthquake-resistant building
Etymology Compound of 家 (か , 'house') and 屋 (おく , 'roof' or 'building'). The reading おく for 屋 is an older Sino-Japanese reading, now mainly seen in compounds.
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