空あき家や

Don't confuse with

• 空あき部屋べや

  空き部屋 refers to a single empty room, often within an apartment or building, while 空き家 refers to a whole unoccupied house.

• 空あき間まN1

  空き家 means an entire vacant house, not a single vacant room or gap like 空き間, despite the similar spelling.

• 空あき地ちN3

  空き家 is a vacant house or building, while 空き地 is vacant land with no structure on it.

• 空あき巣す

  空き家 simply means a vacant, unoccupied house with no criminal connotation, whereas 空き巣 usually implies a burglary or burglar targeting such a home.

Counted with

• 軒けんN4

  空き家 is counted with 軒, the standard counter for buildings and houses.

• 戸こN1

  空き家 can also be counted with 戸, a counter for houses or households, especially in official statistics.

Written forms

• 空あき家やUsage61%

  Standard kanji spelling; widely used in news and official contexts.

• 空あき家やUsage33%

  Less common variant without okurigana; still seen in legal or formal documents.

• 空あき屋やUsage3%
  search-only kanji form

  Search-only kanji form.

• あき家やUsage3%
  search-only kanji form

  Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.

• 空あき屋や
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 屋 can imply a shop or building, but here it is an uncommon variant for 'house'.

Etymology

Compound of 空き (aki, 'empty, vacant') + 家 (ya, 'house'). The reading や for 家 is a common suffix in words for buildings.