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屋敷 (やしき, yashiki) Japanese meaning: residence | Kotomora
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誰だれ
の
家いえ
です
か
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Whose house is that big mansion?
He owns a spacious estate in the suburbs.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 屋や 敷しき に 住す む for someone to live in a mansion/estate
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
That family has maintained an estate on this land for generations.
古ふる い 屋や 敷しき an old mansion/estate
There stood an old mansion in the mountains.
お 化ば け 屋や 敷しき haunted house (attraction)
We went into the haunted house at the amusement park.
Related words· 6 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.
豪邸 specifically emphasizes luxury and grandeur, whereas 屋敷 simply describes a large house with land, luxurious or not.
館 suggests a grand hall-like building, often historical or noble, while 屋敷 focuses on the whole residential compound including its grounds.
家 is the plain, general word for a house or home, lacking 屋敷's connotation of extensive grounds or a traditional estate.
Show 2 more 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.
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.
Word family· 20 public flower garden
daimyo's main Edo mansion
daimyo's secondary residence; daimyo villa on the outskirts of Edo
daimyo's spare residence; emergency refuge · residence of a daimyo's successor
Written forms 屋や 敷しき Usage 87%
Standard kanji spelling for a residence with its grounds.
邸やしき Usage 12%
Often used in proper names of estates or mansions, and in compounds like 邸宅.
やしき Usage 2%
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.
house and land; estate; homestead
Show 6 more residential grove; trees surrounding a house
residential area; mansion district
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine on residential land
prison grounds; jail precinct
empty residence; vacant house · empty lot; vacant land
residence for low-ranking samurai police (Edo period)
