How to say "housing" in Japanese

• 住宅じゅうたくJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe everyday word for housing in the sense of dwellings: houses, apartments, and residential buildings. Typical contexts include the housing market, housing policy, and residential areas.
  どちらかといえば木造もくぞう住宅じゅうたくに住すみたい。↗

  I'd rather live in a wooden house.
• ハウジングCommon
  nounA loanword covering housing as accommodation or lodgings. It appears in business and real-estate contexts, but 住宅 is usually the more natural choice for general references to housing.
• キャビネットCommon
  nounHousing in the sense of an enclosure for equipment, such as a computer or server cabinet. Borrowed from English 'cabinet', it refers to the physical box that houses machinery.
  キャビネットは集あつめたものを陳列ちんれつするための食器棚しょっきだなである。↗

  A cabinet is a cupboard used for displaying things.
• 収容しゅうようJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe act of housing or taking in people or things, as in accommodating residents, prisoners, or refugees. It denotes the action of containing rather than the buildings themselves.
  このホテルは５００人にんの客きゃくを収容しゅうようできる。↗

  This hotel can accommodate 500 guests.
• 筐体きょうたいCommon
  nounThe case or casing of a machine or computer, including arcade game cabinets. This is the standard technical term for a device's physical housing.

Use 住宅 for houses and housing as buildings, 「ハウジング」 for accommodation, 筐体 or 「キャビネット」 for equipment casings, and 収容 for the act of housing people or things.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 住宅じゅうたくresidence
• ハウジングhousing (i.e. accommodation)
• キャビネットcabinet
• 収容しゅうようaccommodation
• 筐体きょうたいcase (of a machine, computer, etc.)
• エンクロージャーenclosure (for a loudspeaker, electronic equipment, etc.)
• 外被がいひ(protective) coat
• 宿舎しゅくしゃhousing (for government employees)