アパートapaato

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounapartment building; apartment block; apartment house
    このアパートは6家族かぞくが暮くらしている。↗
    Six families live in this apartment house.
  2. nounapartment
    2部屋へやあるアパートを借かりたいのですが。↗
    I want to rent an apartment with two rooms.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedマンションNeutralUsually a mid- or high-rise apartment building: larger, taller blocks tend to be called 「マンション」, while smaller low-rise ones are 「アパート」, though the line is not strict.
  • Antonym一戸建ていっこだてNeutralA detached house occupied by a single household, the opposite of 「アパート」, where many households share one building.

Small collective housing is generally called 「アパート」; larger mid- or high-rise blocks are 「マンション」; a standalone single-household house is 「一戸建て」. The line between the first two is not strict.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 民間みんかん企業きぎょうが分譲ぶんじょう、賃貸ちんたいする比較的ひかくてき規模きぼが小ちいさい集合住宅しゅうごうじゅうたく。
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