also: はいけ
noun
deserted house; ruined house
Refers to a house that has been abandoned and fallen into disrepair.
村はずれに古い廃家が一軒ある。
There is an old deserted house on the outskirts of the village.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
extinction of a family line; legal abolition of one's family to join another
Historical legal term under pre-1947 Japanese family law; also used for a family line that has died out. The する form refers to the act of legally ending one's own family registration to join another household.
旧民法では、廃家して他家に入ることが認められていた。
Under the old Civil Code, it was permitted to abolish one's family and join another household.
その家系は戦争で廃家になった。
That family line became extinct due to the war.