屋敷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屋	敷
や Grade: 3	しき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
邸

Etymology

From 屋(や) (ya, “house”) + 敷(しき) (shiki, “building site”, short for 敷(しき)地(ち) (shikichi)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やしき [yàshíkíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕi̥kʲi]

Noun

屋(や)敷(しき) • (yashiki)

estate, grounds, mansion, residence

Derived terms

幽(ゆう)霊(れい)屋(や)敷(しき) (yūrei yashiki)

Proper noun

屋(や)敷(しき) • (Yashiki)

a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN