How to say "loft" in Japanese

• ロフトCommon
  nounThe loanword for the loft of a house or apartment: an open upper level used as extra living or storage space, not the space under the roof itself.
• 屋根裏やねうらCommon
  nounThe space directly beneath a pitched roof — an attic, which is the sense British English calls the loft. For the open upper level of a house or apartment, use ロフト instead.
  屋根裏やねうらには十分じゅうぶん広ひろい余地よちがある。↗

  There's ample room in the attic.

Use 「ロフト」 for the Western-style loft, an open upper level in a house or apartment, and 屋根裏 for the space directly under a pitched roof — the attic that British English calls the loft.

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• ロフトloft
• 屋根裏やねうらattic
• 屋根裏部屋やねうらべやattic