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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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