空き家

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
空 家
あ(き)
Grade: 1 		や
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
空家
空き屋
空屋
明家 (rare)

Compound of 空き (aki, “empty, vacant”) +‎ 家 (ya, “house”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あきや [àkíyá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠kʲija̠]

Noun

空(あ)き家(や) • (akiya) 

  1. an abandoned home, a vacant house
  2. (slang, dated) a widow
    Synonyms: (literally “empty sheath”) 空き鞘 (akizaya), 後家 (goke), (more formal term; literally “not-dead-yet person”) 未亡人 (mibōjin), 寡 (yamome), 寡婦 (kafu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
空 家
あ(き)
Grade: 1 		いえ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
空家

Compound of 空き (aki, “empty, vacant”) +‎ 家 (ie, “house”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あきいえ [àkííé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠kʲiːe̞]

Noun

空(あ)き家(いえ) • (akiie) ←あきいへ (akiife)?

  1. an abandoned home, a vacant house

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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