木もく賃ちんアパート

noun

wooden apartment building with rooms for rent

Refers to an older-style wooden apartment building where tenants pay only for the room (木賃, literally 'wood rent'), often with shared facilities. The term is somewhat dated and evokes a specific historical housing type.

See also: 木賃宿

• 学がく生せい時じ代だいは木もく賃ちんアパートに住すんでいた。

  When I was a student, I lived in a wooden apartment building with rooms for rent.

• この辺あたりにはまだ古ふるい木もく賃ちんアパートが残のこっている。

  There are still old wooden apartment buildings around here.