アパート

short for アパートメント, borrowed from English apartment.

アパート • (apāto)  (counter 棟)

1. apartment

• The term マンション (manshon) contrasts with アパート (apāto) in that the former is more commonly a condominium as a flat or apartment that is owned as a piece of real estate, whereas the latter is more commonly a flat or apartment that is rented or leased.

• マンション (manshon, “condominium, flat or apartment that is owned”)

short for アパートメントハウス, borrowed from English apartment.

• (Tokyo) アパート [àpáꜜàtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠pa̠ːto̞]

アパート • (apāto)  (counter 棟)

1. apartment building, apartment block

• → Hokkien: a-phá-tò
• → Korean: 아파트 (apateu)