住宅|じゅうたくjuutaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounresidence; housing; residential building
   どちらかといえば木造もくぞう住宅じゅうたくに住すみたい。↗

   I'd rather live in a wooden house.

• Synonym宅たくNeutralA home or house, but usually as part of compounds like 「お宅」「帰宅」「宅配」; seldom stands alone. 「住宅」 stresses the building as a structure.
• Synonym家宅かたくWrittenWritten language for a residence, seen mainly in legal contexts like 「家宅捜索」; not used in everyday speech.
• Synonym住居じゅうきょNeutralA place of residence or dwelling, as in 「住居表示」; focuses more on where one lives than on the building, unlike 「住宅」.
• Synonym家屋かおくWrittenWritten word for buildings, as in 「家屋の倒壊」; covers factories and warehouses too, and is common in statistics.
• Synonym自宅じたくNeutralOne's own home, including a rented one, as in 「自宅待機」; 「住宅」 refers to housing as a type of building.
• Synonym宿やどNeutralA place to stay or an inn; in modern usage mostly a lodging, as in 「宿を取る」.
• SynonymハウスCasualColloquial loanword for a house or a greenhouse, as in 「ビニールハウス」.
• SynonymメゾンWrittenFrench loanword for a residence, mostly in apartment building names; not used in daily speech.
• SynonymアビタシオンWrittenFrench loanword used mainly in names of apartment complexes; in everyday speech 「住宅」 is normal.
• Synonym住まいすまいNeutralA dwelling or way of living, as in 「お住まいはどちら」.
• Synonym居宅きょたくWrittenWritten word for the house one lives in daily, as in 「居宅介護」; frequent in welfare contexts.
• Synonym住屋じゅうおくWrittenA rare written word for a dwelling; in daily life people say 「住宅」.
• Synonym住家じゅうかNeutralA house or place of residence, but uncommon and somewhat old-fashioned; 「住宅」 is the everyday choice.
• Related居所いどころNeutralWhere someone is, as in 「居所を突き止める」; centers on a person's location rather than the building.
• Related住処すみかWrittenWritten and literary: a place where one lives, or an animal's den or nest.
• Antonym非住宅WrittenThe opposite of 「住宅」: written word for buildings not used for living, such as shops and factories.

For a house people live in, 「住宅」 is the default. Use 「住居」 or 「住まい」 for where one lives, 「自宅」 for one's own home, 「家屋」 for buildings in statistics, 「住処」 for a literary dwelling or den, and 「メゾン」 in apartment names; 「非住宅」 covers non-residential buildings.

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1. 人ひとが住すむための家いえ。