アパートapaato
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- nounapartment building; apartment block; apartment house
- nounapartment
- 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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