Illustration: A modest detached Japanese house stands fully visible from its tiled roof to its concrete foundation. Its entrance porch, exterior walls, upper windows, rain gutters, and small balcony form one clearly readable building.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

家か屋おく

kaoku

house, building

Example sentences

  1. この前まえの嵐あらしで数軒すうけんの家屋かおくが被害ひがいを受うけた。

    Several houses were damaged in the last storm.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本にっぽんの家屋かおくは大部分だいぶぶんが木造もくぞうです。

    Most Japanese houses are built of wood.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ほとんどの家屋かおくが粉々こなごなに破壊はかいされた。

    Most houses were destroyed to pieces.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 家屋

  • 家house; homeOnカ・ケKunいえ・や・うち
  • 屋roof; houseOnオクKunや

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