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EPISODE · Nov 21, 2024 · 8 MIN

S3-36 What does “Mansion” mean in Japanese? A house or an apartment?

from Sunshine Japanese Yasashii Nihon-go radio · host Yoko O'Brien

What katakana words confuse you? Is “Mansion” one of them? Check it out!   This episode's vocab list: どんな建物 building モデルルーム show apartment/ show flat 普通のアパート standard apartment/flat 紛らわしい misleading; confusing; ambiguous その違いは、はっきりと決められている訳ではないそうです。I found that the distinction isn’t clearly or officially defined. それでも一般的には、Even so, generally speaking, 木造 wooden building 軽量鉄骨造 light steel-frame building 3階建て 3-story 鉄筋コンクリート造 reinforced concrete building 鉄骨鉄筋コンクリート造 steel-frame reinforced concrete building これは正しいとか正しくないとか、そういうものではない This is not about whether something is correct or incorrect エレベーターがあるかないかを目安にする to use the presence or absence of an elevator as a standard 義務 obligation 自信を持つ to have confidence

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