Illustration: On a narrow residential lane, the open entrance of a modest detached house reveals a family coming home with groceries. A child steps out of small shoes while a grandparent reaches from the hallway to take a shopping bag.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

民みん家か

minka

private house

Example sentences

  1. 街道沿かいどうぞいには昔むかしながらの民家みんかも多おおく残のこっている。

    Various old houses can be seen along the road.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 駅えきの北側斜面きたがわしゃめんに民家みんかが密集みっしゅうし南みなみにコンクリート工場こうじょうがある。

    Houses are densely located on a slope located north of the station and a concrete works is located south of the station.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 古ふるい民家みんかを保存ほぞん、公開こうかいすることで、歴史れきしを学まなぶ史料しりょうとしている。

    Old minka are preserved and open to the public as materials to study history.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 民家

  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ
  • 家house; homeOnカ・ケKunいえ・や・うち

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