屋や敷しき

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to a large house together with its surrounding land and outbuildings. Often implies a traditional or historical property, but can be used for any sizable residential compound.

あの大おおきな屋や敷しきは誰だれの家いえですか。
Whose house is that big mansion?
彼かれは郊こう外がいに広ひろい屋や敷しきを構かまえている。
He owns a spacious estate in the suburbs.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が屋や敷しきに住すむfor someone to live in a mansion/estate
彼かれは郊こう外がいの広ひろい屋や敷しきに住すんでいる。
He lives in a spacious estate on the outskirts of town.
屋や敷しきを構かまえるto set up/own a mansion or estate
その一いち族ぞくは代だい々だいこの地ちに屋や敷しきを構かまえている。
That family has maintained an estate on this land for generations.
古ふるい屋や敷しきan old mansion/estate
山やまの中なかに古ふるい屋や敷しきが立たっていた。
There stood an old mansion in the mountains.
お化ばけ屋や敷しきhaunted house (attraction)
遊ゆう園えん地ちでお化ばけ屋や敷しきに入はいった。
We went into the haunted house at the amusement park.

Kanji

屋roof, house, shop
敷spread, pave, sit
邸residence, mansion

Related words· 6

邸てい宅たくN1
邸宅 is a formal, often written term for a stately residence, while 屋敷 is the everyday word that also evokes the surrounding grounds.
豪ごう邸ていN1
豪邸 specifically emphasizes luxury and grandeur, whereas 屋敷 simply describes a large house with land, luxurious or not.
館やかたN1
館 suggests a grand hall-like building, often historical or noble, while 屋敷 focuses on the whole residential compound including its grounds.
家いえN5
家 is the plain, general word for a house or home, lacking 屋敷's connotation of extensive grounds or a traditional estate.

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館たち
屋敷 is the ordinary word for a large residence or estate, while 館（たち）is a poetic, literary term specifically for a noble's mansion.
荘しょう
屋敷 is a common word for a large house or mansion with grounds, while 荘 carries a more literary or historical nuance and is often used as a suffix in names.

Don't confuse with

座ざ敷しきN2
座敷 (a tatami-floored room) is often confused with 屋敷 (a mansion/estate) because both end in 敷 and sound similar.

Word family· 20

花はな屋や敷しき
public flower garden
上かみ屋や敷しき
daimyo's main Edo mansion
下しも屋や敷しき
daimyo's secondary residence; daimyo villa on the outskirts of Edo
中なか屋や敷しき
daimyo's spare residence; emergency refuge · residence of a daimyo's successor
家いえ屋や敷しき
house and land; estate; homestead

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屋や敷しき林りん
residential grove; trees surrounding a house
屋や敷しき町まち
residential area; mansion district
屋や敷しき神がみ
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine on residential land
牢ろう屋や敷しき
prison grounds; jail precinct
空あき屋や敷しき
empty residence; vacant house · empty lot; vacant land
組くみ屋や敷しき
residence for low-ranking samurai police (Edo period)

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Written forms

屋や敷しきUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling for a residence with its grounds.
邸やしきUsage12%
Often used in proper names of estates or mansions, and in compounds like 邸宅.
やしきUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 屋 (ya, 'house') and 敷 (shiki, 'spread' or 'site'), referring to a building and the land it occupies. The reading やしき is a native Japanese word.