宅|たくtaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, noun (suffix)house; home
   ワシントン市しの友人宅ゆうじんたくに泊とまります。↗

   I'm staying at my friend's house in Washington City.
2. nounone's house; one's home
3. nounone's husband

• Synonym住まいすまいNeutralCovers where one lives or one's lifestyle, as in 「お住まいはどちらですか」; more general and softer than 「宅」.
• Synonym住宅じゅうたくNeutralA house or building for people to live in, as in 「住宅街」 and 「住宅ローン」; leans toward buildings and housing policy.
• Synonym家宅かたくWrittenWritten term for a residence, seen mainly in 「家宅捜索」; not used in everyday speech.
• Synonym住居じゅうきょNeutralThe same word as item 1 (「住まい」), also written 「住居」; a dwelling or living place, more general and softer than 「宅」.
• Synonym家屋かおくNeutralA house as a building, as in 「家屋の倒壊」; focuses on the structure, common in legal and news contexts.
• Synonymお宅おたくNeutralHonorific for the other person's home or for the person themselves, as in 「お宅はどちらですか」; informally also means an otaku.
• Synonym家いえNeutralSuffix 「屋」 (also written 「家」) for a shop or someone in that trade, as in 「本屋」; different from 「宅」 in its housing sense.
• Synonym自宅じたくNeutralOne's own home, as in 「自宅で仕事をする」; 「宅」 alone is mostly a suffix or a humble word for one's own home.
• Synonym屋敷やしきNeutralA residence with grounds, or the plot itself, as in 「武家屋敷」; larger in scale than an ordinary house.
• Synonym邸宅ていたくWrittenA luxurious, spacious mansion, as in 「大邸宅」; stresses grandeur.
• SynonymハウスNeutralLoanword for a house, mostly in compounds, as in 「モデルハウス」 and 「ビニールハウス」.
• SynonymハイムWrittenLoanword from German, mostly in apartment building names; not used alone in daily speech.
• SynonymメゾンWrittenLoanword from French, mostly in apartment names or fashion brands; not used alone in daily speech.
• SynonymアビタシオンWrittenLoanword from French, mostly in the names of upscale apartment blocks; not used in everyday speech.
• SynonymんちCasualColloquial suffix after a name for someone's house, as in 「田中ん家」; only in casual conversation.
• Synonym居宅きょたくWrittenWritten term for the house one lives in day to day, common in eldercare and legal usage, as in 「居宅介護」.
• Synonym住家じゅうかWrittenWritten term for a dwelling or residence; rarely used today.
• Synonym邸ていNeutralThe same word as item 12 (「屋敷」), also written 「邸」; a spacious residence or its grounds, bigger in scale than 「宅」.
• Related居所いどころNeutralWhere one lives or one's whereabouts, as in 「居所を突き止める」; leans toward the location itself.
• Related住処すみかWrittenA dwelling, but also an animal's den or a villain's lair, as in 「終の住処」; has a literary flavor.
• Antonym出先でさきNeutralWhere one is while out or on a business trip, as in 「出先から電話する」; the opposite of being at home.
• Antonym外出先がいしゅつさきNeutralThe place one goes out to; contrasts with 「宅」, which is where you stay.

「宅」 works mostly as a suffix or a humble word for one's own home. For everyday talk about where someone lives use 「住まい」, for your own home 「自宅」, for the other person's home 「お宅」, for buildings 「住宅」 or 「家屋」, and for mansions 「邸宅」.

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

1. （タク）居所きょしょ。住居じゅうきょ。
2. （タク）家いえ、家庭かてい。
3. （タク）自分じぶんの家いえ、家庭かてい。
4. （タク）自分じぶんの夫おっと。主人しゅじん。
5. （「お宅たく」の形かたちで）「あなた」の婉曲えんきょく表現ひょうげん。