空き家

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
空	家
あ(き) Grade: 1	や Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
空家 空き屋 空屋 明家 (rare)

Compound of 空き (aki, “empty, vacant”) +‎ 家 (ya, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あきや [àkíyá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠kʲija̠]

Noun

空(あ)き家(や) • (akiya) 

1. an abandoned home, a vacant house
2. (slang, dated) a widow

   Synonyms: (literally “empty sheath”) 空き鞘 (akizaya), 後家 (goke), (more formal term; literally “not-dead-yet person”) 未亡人 (mibōjin), 寡 (yamome), 寡婦 (kafu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
空	家
あ(き) Grade: 1	いえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
空家

Compound of 空き (aki, “empty, vacant”) +‎ 家 (ie, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あきいえ [àkííé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠kʲiːe̞]

Noun

空(あ)き家(いえ) • (akiie) ^{←あきいへ (akiife)?}

1. an abandoned home, a vacant house