長屋
Meanings
1
row house; tenement house
A traditional Japanese style of housing where multiple dwellings are connected in a single long building, often associated with the Edo period and working-class neighborhoods.
In the Edo period, many commoners lived in row houses.
Old row houses still remain in this area.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が長屋に住むfor someone to live in a row house
He lives in an old-fashioned row house.
- 長屋の一角a corner unit of a row house
The shop is located in one section of the row house.