家【いえ】
Frequency rank: 128.
- house; residence; dwelling
- family; household
- lineage; family name
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 家【いえ】Frequency rank: 128.
- いえFrequency rank: 663.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- house; residence; dwelling
- family; household
- lineage; family name
This meaning refers to a physical structure where people live, often used to indicate a place of shelter or home.
I built a new house.
This meaning refers to the members of a family or the unit of individuals living together, often emphasizing the social aspect of a group.
This meaning is related to ancestry or the name associated with a particular family line, often used in contexts discussing heritage or identity.
Generated collocations (experimental)
いえをたてる家を建てるto build a houseいえ家にかえる帰るto go homeかぞく家族familyかけい家計household financesいっか一家one familyいえ家にいるto be at homeかじ家事household choresやぬし家主landlordかえる帰るいえ家home to return toかぞくりょこう家族旅行family tripかけい家系lineage or family lineいえ家のなか中inside the houseいえ家をさがす探すto look for a houseいえ家にしょうたい招待するto invite to one's houseいえ家のまわり周りaround the houseいえ家をでる出るto leave home
Example sentences
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Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
We really get on and often go to each other's place.
My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked.
Every evening after school we met in his back garden and arranged Indian battles.
One day I had a phone call from a friend. "There's a nice little earner, won't you come round?" so I went to his house.
The neighbouring house was destroyed, but mine survived just a bit of cost for repair.
You can go skiing if you like, but for my part I prefer to stay at home and read a novel.
Whenever I go to a Japanese restaurant, I take the disposable chopsticks home with me.
I arrived home, thoroughly worn out, after getting lost in the mountain paths.
Please do your model building at home! The room's full of the smell of lacquer.
"What's up? Fidgeting around in front of the house." "Um ... I was waiting for you to come back."
16. ようしたんれい容姿端麗、ずのうめいせき頭脳明晰、うんどうしんけい運動神経ばつぐん抜群、いえ家はかねもち金持ちで、ついでにがくせいかい学生会のふくかいちょう副会長をしてたりもする、いわゆるぱあふぇくとパーフェクトなやつ奴だ。
Looks, brains, reflexes, rich family and, for good measure, vice president of the student committee - in other words he's 'perfect'.
I have included the names and prices of a couple of hotels which are reasonably close to where I live.
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.