家（いえ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: home / house
Example sentences
- 疲れたので早く家に帰りたい。 — I'm tired, so I want to go home early.
- 先月、新しい家に引っ越した。 — I moved to a new house last month.
Idioms & proverbs containing “家”
- 家柄より芋茎 (いえがらよりいもがら) — having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status
- 女三界に家なし (おんなさんがいにいえなし) — a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
- 女は三界に家なし (おんなはさんがいにいえなし) — a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
- 雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ (めんどりうたえばいえほろぶ) — women should not rule over men; it is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock; a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men; when the hen crows, the house falls to ruin
- 修身斉家治国平天下 (しゅうしんせいかちこくへいてんか) — those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land
- おごる平家久しからず (おごるへいけひさしからず) — pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long
Antonyms
- そと (そと)
- よそ (よそ)
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “家” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)