Illustration: A property caretaker opens the front door of a small house on a quiet Japanese residential lane. Through the doorway, several bare rooms are visible, with no furniture, shoes, curtains or household belongings.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

空あき家や

akiya

vacant house

Example sentences

  1. この家いえは空あき家やです。

    This house is vacant.

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  2. 長ながい間ま、空あき家やになっていました。

    The house has stood empty for a long time.

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  3. その空あき家やはほこりでいっぱいだった。

    The empty house was full of dust.

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Kanji in 空家

  • 空empty; skyOnクウKunそら・あく・あき
  • 家house; homeOnカ・ケKunいえ・や・うち

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