ハウスhausu

1. nounhouse
2. noungreenhouse
3. nounhouse music
4. interjectiongo to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!dog command

• Synonym家いえNeutralNeutral; written 「家」, it means one's own home or family, the everyday default, as in 「うちに帰る」; 「ハウス」 is not used for one's own home.
• Synonym住宅じゅうたくNeutralNeutral; the standard word for residential housing, common in both speech and writing, as in 「住宅街」 and 「住宅ローン」; 「ハウス」 cannot replace it on its own.
• Synonym宅たくNeutralNeutral; home, mostly as a suffix like 「帰宅」 and 「お宅」; alone it can humbly mean one's own home, an old-fashioned use 「ハウス」 lacks.
• Related家宅かたくWrittenWritten/formal word for a residence, mostly in legal phrases like 「家宅捜索」; 「ハウス」 alone usually means a greenhouse, and as 'house' it appears in compounds.
• Related住居じゅうきょWrittenWritten/formal word for a residence, as in 「住居表示」, and for the act of living; 「ハウス」 is the building or greenhouse itself.
• Related家屋かおくWrittenWritten/formal word for a house as a building, e.g. 「木造家屋」; 「ハウス」 means 'house' mainly inside compounds and alone usually refers to a greenhouse.
• Related人家じんかWrittenWritten/formal word for inhabited houses, typically describing their number or distribution, as in 「人家がまばら」; 「ハウス」 is not used this way.
• Relatedお宅おたくNeutralNeutral; politely refers to another person's home, common in everyday conversation; 「ハウス」 carries no respect and mostly appears in loanword compounds.
• RelatedうちNeutralNeutral; written 「家」, it means one's own home or family, the everyday default, as in 「うちに帰る」; 「ハウス」 is not used for one's own home.
• RelatedおうちCasualColloquial; a warm, polite or affectionate way to say home, also typical of small children; 「ハウス」 means a building or greenhouse and lacks this cozy tone.
• RelatedんちCasualColloquial; attaches after names or forms of address to mean someone's place, as in 「友達ん家」; 「ハウス」 cannot attach like this.
• Related居宅きょたくWrittenWritten/formal word for the home one lives in day to day, common in care and administrative terms like 「居宅介護」; 「ハウス」 shows up mostly in loanword compounds.
• Related住屋じゅうおくWrittenWritten/formal word for a dwelling, now rare; everyday speech prefers 「家」 or 「住宅」, while 「ハウス」 mostly appears in compounds.
• Related住家じゅうかWrittenWritten/formal; a house that people live in, often contrasted with shops or warehouses, and rare today; 「ハウス」 alone usually means a greenhouse.

As a dwelling, 「ハウス」 appears mostly in compounds like 「シェアハウス」 and 「モデルハウス」; on its own it usually means a greenhouse. For everyday talk about home use 「家（うち）」, and use 「住宅」 for houses in general.

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

1. 住宅じゅうたく、家屋かおく。
2. ビニールハウス、温室おんしつ。
3. ハウスミュージック。
4. 犬いぬに特定とくていの場所ばしょへ入はいるよう促うながす命令めいれい。