How to say "barn" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 納屋なやnounCovers the storage sense of 'barn': a farm outbuilding or shed for storing tools, crops, or feed, not for keeping animals. The natural choice when 'barn' could equally be translated 'shed'.
- 牧舎ぼくしゃnounThe general word for a barn or other building that houses livestock on a farm or ranch. Use this when the barn's purpose is keeping animals rather than storage.
- 厩うまやnounA stable or barn for horses specifically. For 'barn' in the general livestock sense it is narrower than 牧舎, so it fits mainly when horses and stabling are what you mean.
Use 納屋 for a storage barn or shed on a farm, 牧舎 for a barn housing livestock, and 厩 when the building is specifically a stable for horses.
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