🇯🇵 Japanese from 🇬🇧 English All Words
家 (ie)
A1 noun 場所
🇬🇧 English: home
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意味

🇯🇵 Japanese
noun

家 (ie)

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The place where you live or feel you belong. 'Home' is more emotional than 'house' — it suggests comfort, family, and belonging.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Noun and adverb. As a noun: 'my home'. As an adverb (no 'to' needed): 'I went home' (not 'I went to home'). Common collocations: home town, home-made, at home, feel at home, homesick.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

'Home is where the heart is' is a famous English saying meaning that home is wherever the people you love are. 'An Englishman's home is his castle' means a person's home is a private space where they can do as they wish.

例文

彼らは新しい家に引っ越すことに興奮していました。(Karera wa atarashī ie ni hikkosu koto ni kōfun shite imashita.)

"彼らは新しい家に引っ越すことに興奮していました。(Karera wa atarashī ie ni hikkosu koto ni kōfun shite imashita.)"

🇬🇧 "They were excited to move into their new home."

老人は彼らを家の中に迎え入れた。(Rōjin wa karera o ie no naka ni mukaereireta.)

"老人は彼らを家の中に迎え入れた。(Rōjin wa karera o ie no naka ni mukaereireta.)"

🇬🇧 "The old man welcomed them into his home."

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