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持ち家 (mochiie) Japanese meaning: one's own house | Kotomora
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He bought his own house at age 30.
The homeownership rate is declining year by year.
Usage patterns 持も ち 家いえ に 住す む to live in a house one owns
My parents live in a house they own.
持も ち 家いえ がある to own one's home (lit. 'have an owned house')
He owns a home in the city.
持も ち 家いえ 率りつ home ownership rate
The home ownership rate in this area has been rising year by year.
Related words 持ち家 is the neutral, statistical term for a home one owns, while マイホーム is a warmer, aspirational word often used in ads and personal dreams about home ownership.
Opposites 持ち家 is a home one owns outright, while 賃貸 refers to a rented home or the act of renting.
持ち家 is a house one owns outright, the opposite of 貸家, which is rented from a landlord.
借家 is a house one rents, while 持ち家 is a house one owns.
Counted with For houses, shops, and small buildings counted as premises or households.
For dwellings as household units, mainly in official or statistical contexts (全30戸).
Etymology Compound of 持ち (mochi, 'holding' or 'owning') + 家 (ie, 'house'). The reading もちや is a less common variant.
Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
もちや
Rare reading; mostly found in older or dialectal contexts.
