茅ぼう屋おく

noun

thatched cottage; humble cottage

A small house with a thatched roof, often used humbly to refer to one's own home in literary or formal contexts. The gloss 'hovel' can carry a negative connotation not always present in Japanese.

• 彼かれは田舎いなかの茅ぼう屋おくで静しずかに暮くらしている。

  He lives quietly in a thatched cottage in the countryside.

• どうぞ私わたしの茅ぼう屋おくにお立たち寄よりください。

  Please stop by my humble cottage.