自宅|じたくjitaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounone's home; one's house
    ご自宅じたくの電話番号でんわばんごうは何なん番ばんですか。↗
    What's your home phone number?
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym宅たくNeutralRefers to a home; also a humble way to say one's own home, or one's husband to outsiders. 「自宅」 is more formal, stressing it is one's own residence.
  • Synonym住居じゅうきょWrittenWritten style for a place to live or the act of living, as in 「住居を構える」; 「自宅」 stresses that it is your own home.
  • Synonym家屋かおくWrittenWritten style for a building for people to live in; 「自宅」 focuses on the home being your own.
  • Synonym家宅かたくWrittenWritten, legal term for a dwelling or premises; 「自宅」 is more everyday.
  • Synonym住宅じゅうたくNeutralHousing or a residential building, as in 「住宅ローン」; 「自宅」 stresses that it is your own home.
  • Synonym住まいすまいNeutralA place to live or one's life there, as in 「お住まい」; 「自宅」 is more formal.
  • Synonym居宅きょたくWrittenWritten style for a residence or dwelling; 「自宅」 stresses that it is your own home.
  • Related屋敷やしきNeutralA mansion or the plot of land a house stands on, which may include gardens and fields; 「自宅」 means only the home you yourself live in.
  • Related邸宅ていたくNeutralA large, luxurious mansion; 「自宅」 says nothing about size, only that it is the home you live in.
  • Relatedお宅おたくNeutralHonorific for the other person's home; 「自宅」 is for your own home.
  • Related住所じゅうしょNeutralAn address or place of residence, as in 「住所変更」; 「自宅」 is the house itself that you live in.
  • Related実家じっかNeutralYour parents' home, the family home you come from; 「自宅」 is your current home.
  • Related邸ていNeutralThe same word as the entry above, also written 「邸」: a mansion or homestead; 「自宅」 refers only to the home you yourself live in.
  • Related住家じゅうかWrittenWritten style for a house to live in; 「自宅」 stresses that it is your own home.
  • Related住処すみかNeutralA place where one lives, also an animal's den or nest; 「自宅」 is more formal.
  • Related家作かさくWrittenWritten style for a house built to rent out; 「自宅」 is the home you live in yourself.
  • Antonym他宅NeutralOpposite to 「自宅」 in the self vs. other contrast: someone else's home.
  • Antonym他人宅NeutralAlso opposite to 「自宅」 in the self vs. other contrast: another person's residence.

Use 「自宅」 for your own home in formal contexts, as in 「自宅待機」 and 「自宅療養」; in casual speech just say 「家」. Use 「実家」 for your parents' home, 「お宅」 for the other person's home, and 「住宅」 for housing as buildings. The antonym is 「他人宅」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 自分じぶんの(個人的こじんてきな)家いえ。
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