ホームhoomu

1. nounhome
   その後あとは、多おおくの者ものが老人ホームろうじんほーむで暮くらすが、そこには子供こどもとか孫まごが訪たずねていくことが出来できる。↗

   After that, many live in special homes for the aged where their children and grandchildren can come to visit them.
2. noun, baseballhome base; home plate

• Synonym自宅じたくNeutralYour own home where you live; often used in formal expressions like 「自宅待機」. 「ホーム」 mostly appears in compounds and can also mean one's home ground or home plate.
• Synonym住居じゅうきょWrittenA place of residence, or the act of living there; written/formal prose, seen in law and official documents. 「ホーム」 mostly forms compounds and can mean the home ground.
• Synonym家屋かおくWrittenA house as a physical building; used in contexts like tax and disaster statistics. 「ホーム」 refers to home and family, not the building itself.
• Synonym宅たくWrittenA residence; also a way to refer to one's own home or husband. Mostly a morpheme in words like 「お宅」 and 「自宅」. 「ホーム」 can also mean the home ground or home plate.
• Related住宅じゅうたくNeutralResidential buildings; the usual term in real estate and housing policy. 「ホーム」 means home and family, or one's home ground, with no focus on the building.
• Related住所じゅうしょNeutralAn address or place of residence — what you write on forms and letters. 「ホーム」 means home and family, or home plate and the home ground; it does not give an address.
• Relatedお宅おたくNeutralAn honorific for the listener's home or family; also a second-person pronoun. 「ホーム」 carries no honorific sense, and mostly appears in compounds or as the home ground.
• Related居宅きょたくWrittenThe house one lives in day to day; written/formal prose, seen in legal and nursing terms like 「居宅介護」. In everyday speech say 「家」 or 「自宅」.
• AntonymアウェイNeutralOn the playing field, the opposite of 「ホーム」: the away side or opponents' ground. Figuratively, an unfamiliar setting where one feels out of place.

「ホーム」 usually appears in compounds like 「マイホーム」 for home and family, and also means one's home ground or home plate. For your own home, 「自宅」; for residential buildings, 「住宅」; the away side is 「アウェイ」.

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

1. （多おおく複合語ふくごうごをなし）家いえ。家庭かてい。故郷こきょう。
2. 本拠地ほんきょち。
3. （野球やきゅう）ホームベース（本塁ほんるい）。